Differentially photo-crosslinked polymers enable self-assembling microfluidics

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jamal, Mustapha ^a   Zarafshar, Aasiyeh M ^a   Gracias, David H ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FILM; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMERIZATION; SOLVATION; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

MICROFLUIDICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS;

EID: 82555193227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1531     Document Type: Article

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