Pressure-resistant and reversible on-tube-sealing for microfluidics

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 679-684

  Fritzsch, Frederik S O ^a   Kortmann, Hendrik ^a   Lonzynski, Jürgen ^a   Blank, Lars M ^b   Schmid, Andreas ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Envirostat; Micro seal; Microfluidic; Single cell analysis; World to chip interface

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL OPENING; CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT PRESSURES; DEAD VOLUMES; ENVIROSTAT; MICRO SEAL; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PRESSURE-RESISTANT; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SPACE REQUIREMENTS; WORLD-TO-CHIP INTERFACE;

FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; SEALS; TUBING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79955970523     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0695-z     Document Type: Article

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