A new method for centrifugal separation of blood components: Creating a rigid barrier between density-stratified layers using a UV-curable thixotropic gel

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2378-2382

  Sun, Kunshan ^a   Oh, Hyuntaek ^a   Emerson, Jane F ^b   Raghavan, Srinivasa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD SAMPLES; BLOOD SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; CROSSLINKED; DIACRYLATES; FREEZE-THAW; GEL LAYERS; GELATORS; PHYSICAL GEL; THIXOTROPIC GEL; UV CURABLE;

CENTRIFUGATION; CURING; GELS; OLIGOMERS;

BLOOD;

EID: 84855957796     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: 13645501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2jm14818h     Document Type: Article

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