Mixing subattolitre volumes in a quantitative and highly parallel manner with soft matter nanofluidics

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-55

  Christensen, Sune M ^a   Bolinger, Pierre Yves ^a   Hatzakis, Nikos S ^a   Mortensen, Michael W ^a   Stamou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; NANOREACTORS;

COMPLEMENTARY SETS; HIGHLY PARALLELS; LIPID VESICLES; MICROFABRICATED; OPPOSITE CHARGE; REDUCING REAGENTS; SCREENING ASSAYS; SURFACE TETHERED;

MIXING;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; LIPID VESICLE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84855284619     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.185     Document Type: Article

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