Miniaturized flow cytometer with 3D hydrodynamic particle focusing and integrated optical elements applying silicon photodiodes

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-771

  Rosenauer, Michael ^a   Buchegger, Wolfgang ^a   Finoulst, Inez ^b,c   Verhaert, Peter ^b,c   Vellekoop, Michael ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS PROTEOMICS CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Hydrodynamic focusing; Polymer lens Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY POSITIONS; CYLINDRICAL LENS; DETECTION SYSTEM; FLOW-CYTOMETER; FLOW-CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; HYDRODYNAMIC PARTICLES; INCIDENT LIGHT; INTEGRATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS; JURKAT CELL; LIGHT GUIDING; LIGHT LOSS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICROFLOW CYTOMETER; MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES; OPTICAL SENSITIVITY; OPTICAL STRUCTURES; PEAK HEIGHT; POLYMER LENS MICROFLUIDICS; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; SILICON PHOTODIODE; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SILICON-BASED; VITAL STAINING;

CELL CULTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LENSES; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FOCUSING;

EID: 79955976623     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0707-z     Document Type: Article

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