Microfluidics using spatially defined arrays of droplets in one, two, and three dimensions

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 59-81

  Pompano, Rebecca R ^a   Liu, Weishan ^a   Du, Wenbin ^a   Ismagilov, Rustem F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

high throughput screening; immiscible carrier fluid; index; microwell arrays; plugs; two phase

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FLUIDS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INDEX; MICRO WELLS; PLUGS; TWO-PHASE;

CELLULAR ARRAYS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; LAMINAR FLOW;

DROPS;

METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79959511522     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anchem.012809.102303     Document Type: Review

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