Computer-aided design for microfluidic chips based on multilayer soft lithography

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2-9

  Amin, Nada ^a   Thies, William ^b   Amarasinghe, Saman ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCAD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN TOOLS; CONTROL LAYERS; CONTROL LINES; CONTROL PORTS; DESIGN AUTOMATIONS; DESIGN-AUTOMATION TOOLS; DROPLET-BASED DEVICES; INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MULTILAYER SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; NOVEL ALGORITHM; ON CHIPS; PLUG-INS; SINGLE CHIPS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MULTILAYERS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77950967418     PISSN: 10636404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCD.2009.5413185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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