Thermal microdevices for biological and biomedical applications

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-218

  Jain, Ankur ^a   Goodson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical microdevices; MEMS; PCR; Temperature; TGF

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; BIOMEDICINE; CELL INTERACTION; DENSITY GRADIENT; MACROMOLECULE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT FOCUSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THERMOPHORESIS; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOTAXIS;

EID: 79955910207     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.02.006     Document Type: Review

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