Rare cell capture in microfluidic devices

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1508-1522

  Pratt, Erica D ^a   Huang, Chao ^a   Hawkins, Benjamin G ^a   Gleghorn, Jason P ^a   Kirby, Brian J ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Electrophoresis; Hydrodynamics; Microfluidics; Rare cell capture; Separations

Indexed keywords

APTAMERS; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BLOOD CELLS; CANCER CELLS; CELL CAPTURE; CELL LINES; CELL TYPES; CELL VIABILITY; DIELECTROPHORETIC; EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; ELECTROKINETIC; EXISTING METHOD; FLOW CYTOMETERS; HIGH PURITY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATOR; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PATHOGEN DETECTION; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; RARE CELL CAPTURE; SEPARATION METHODS; SHEATH FLOWS; TARGET CELLS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DISEASES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAMMALS; MICROFLUIDICS;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION;

EID: 79952315404     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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