Biomicrofluidics: Recent trends and future challenges

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-590

  Das, Tamal ^a   Chakraborty, Suman ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomicrofluidics; Lab on a chip; Micro total analysis system ( TAS); Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES; BIOMICROFLUIDICS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; RECENT TRENDS;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHIPS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 70350551831     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: 09737677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12046-009-0035-8     Document Type: Article

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