Design and fabrication of microfluidic devices integrated with an open-ended MEMS probe for single-cell impedance measurement

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-519

  Jang, Ling Sheng ^a   Li, Hsin Hung ^a   Jao, Jen Yu ^a   Chen, Ming Kun ^a   Liu, Chia Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell impedance; Conductor backed coplanar waveguide (CBCPW); Coplanar waveguide; MEMS; Microfluidics; Probe; Single cell

Indexed keywords

CELL IMPEDANCE; CELLULAR ORGANELLES; CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; CONDUCTOR-BACKED COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE (CBCPW); ELECTRICAL CURRENT; FLOWTHROUGH; HELA CELL; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; LOW FREQUENCY; MEMS PROBES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SILICON CHIP; SINGLE CELLS; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; FABRICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PROBES; REFLECTOMETERS;

CELLS;

EID: 77954758689     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0480-z     Document Type: Article

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