Chip-oriented fluorimeter design and detection system development for DNA quantification in nano-liter volumes

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-166

  Lee, Da Sheng ^a   Chen, Ming Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chip oriented fluorimeter design; DNA quantification; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Real time PCR on a chip system; S N ratio

Indexed keywords

CHIP SYSTEM; DNA QUANTIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITIES; S/N RATIO; SIGNAL TO NOISE (S/N) RATIOS;

DESIGN; DNA; FLUOROMETERS; OPTIMIZATION; VIRUSES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROMETRY; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSDUCER;

DNA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROCHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77953654203     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100100146     Document Type: Article

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