Microfluidic device utilizing pneumatic micro-vibrators to generate alginate microbeads for microencapsulation of cells

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 755-764

  Huang, Song Bin ^a   Wu, Min Hsien ^b   Lee, Gwo Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Microencapsulation; Microfluidics; Pneumatic vibrator

Indexed keywords

CELL VIABILITY; CHONDROCYTES; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; MICRO DROPLETS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROBEADS; PARAMETER RANGE; PNEUMATIC VIBRATORS; PULSING FREQUENCIES; SIZE UNIFORMITY; SUSPENSION FLOWS; THIN OIL LAYER; VIBRATION FREQUENCY; WORKING MECHANISMS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; PACKAGING; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VIBRATORS;

ALGINATE;

EID: 77953139228     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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