Hype, hope and hubris: The quest for the killer application in microfluidics

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2119-2122

  Becker, Holger ^a  

^a MICROFLUIDIC CHIPSHOP GMBH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MARKETING; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 69549138236     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b911553f     Document Type: Short Survey

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