Ultrasensitive Analysis of Individual Cells via Droplet Microfluidics

Chemical Cytometry: Ultrasensitive Analysis of Single Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 143-157

  Lorenz, Robert M ^a   Chiu, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer generated hologram; Droplet microfluidics; Electrophoretic separation; Enzymatic assay; Optical tweezers; Single molecule detection; T junction; Thermoelectric cooler; Vortex trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455262792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629640.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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