Effective methods to improve the biocompatibility of poly (dimethylsiloxane)

Biochip Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Park, Joong Yull ^a   Hwang, Chang Mo ^a,b   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Fibroblast; Microfluidic chip; PDMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449165809     PISSN: 19760280     EISSN: 20927843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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