Microfluidic chemical analysis systems

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 325-353

  Livak Dahl, Eric ^a   Sinn, Irene ^a   Burns, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

assays; biochemical; droplet; laminar flow; microarrays; microfabrication

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TIME; BIOCHEMICAL; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; COMPLEX CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW SYSTEM; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DROPLET; DROPLET-BASED DEVICES; ELECTROOSMOTIC PUMPING; LABORATORY COMPONENTS; LIQUID MOTION; MACRO SCALE; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO-ARRAY CHIPS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; MICROMETER-SCALE CHANNELS; NANOLITERS; OFF-CHIP; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; POLYMER SUBSTRATE; SEGMENTED FLOW; SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS;

ASSAYS; DROPS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GLASS INDUSTRY; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; MICROARRAYS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

CHEMISTRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; REVIEW;

HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 79959429204     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061010-114215     Document Type: Review

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