The physics of pressure powered micro-flow focusing device for the encapsulation of live cells

Technical Proceedings of the 2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 458-461

  Berthier, J ^a   Dalle, P ^a   Rivera, F ^a   Renaudot, R ^a   Morales, S ^a   Benhamou, P Y ^b   Caillat, P ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alginate; Encapsulation; Flow chart; Flow regime; Flow focusing device

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE SOLUTIONS; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLOW CHARTS; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES; FOCUSING DEVICE; LIVE CELL; MICRO-FLOW; PRESSURE PUMPS; SCALING ANALYSIS;

ALGINATE; CELLS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FLOWCHARTING; FLUIDICS; FOCUSING; GRAPHIC METHODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ENCAPSULATION;

EID: 81455144576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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