High-throughput injection with microfluidics using picoinjectors using picoinjectors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 19163-19166

  Abate, Adam R ^a   Hung, Tony ^a   Marya, Pascaline ^a   Agresti, Jeremy J ^b   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocoalescence; High throughput biology; In vitro compartmentalization

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ELECTRIC FIELD; INJECTION; MICROFLUIDICS; PICOINJECTOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 78650594173     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006888107     Document Type: Article

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