A fluidic motherboard for multiplexed simultaneous and modular detection in microfluidic systems for biological application

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 227-238

  Perozziello, Gerardo ^a   Simone, Giuseppina ^b   Candeloro, Patrizio ^a   Gentile, Francesco ^c   Malara, Natalia ^a   Larocca, Rosanna ^c   Coluccio, Marialaura ^c   Pullano, Salvatore Andrea ^c   Tirinato, Luca ^a   Geschke, Oliver ^d   di Fabrizio, Enzo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Interconnections; Interfacing; Microfluidic motherboard; Modular bio chemical analysis; Multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIGHT SOURCES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MILLING (MACHINING); MULTIPLEXING; O RINGS; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; FABRICATION PROCESS; FLUIDIC INTERCONNECTIONS; INTERCONNECTIONS; INTERFACING; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 79551672768     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876402911002040227     Document Type: Article

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