An integrated flow-cell for full sample stream control

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 647-658

  Hairer, G ^a   Vellekoop, M J ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscope; Dye intensity analysis; Microfluidics; Numerical simulations; Three dimensional hydrodynamic focusing

Indexed keywords

CELL SORTING; CHANNEL DIMENSION; CHIP DESIGN; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; DESIRED POSITION; FLOW CELLS; FULL CONTROL; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; INTENSITY ANALYSIS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MICROFABRICATED CHIPS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SENSING AREAS; SHEATH FLOWS; SIMULATION RESULT; SMALL SAMPLES; STREAM CONTROL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHIPS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASERS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SCANNING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70449534820     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0425-6     Document Type: Article

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