Chitosan microfiber fabrication using a microfluidic chip and its application to cell cultures

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Yeh, Chia Hsien ^a   Lin, Po Wen ^a   Lin, Yu Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Cross linking reaction; Microfiber; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTIVATION; CHITOSAN SOLUTION; CROSS-JUNCTION MICROCHANNEL; CROSSLINKING REACTION; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; LASER MACHINES; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBERS; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; NOVEL METHODS; SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE; SOLUTION FLOW RATE; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

BIOCHIPS; CELL CULTURE; CHITIN; FABRICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SODIUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 72149116438     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0485-7     Document Type: Article

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