Air-flow-based single-cell dispensing system

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 291-306

  Kawahara, Tomohiro ^a   Ohashi, Shigeo ^a   Hagiwara, Masaya ^a   Yamanishi, Yoko ^a,b   Arai, Fumihito ^a,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

air flow; capacitance sensor; Cell dispensing; inkjet mechanism; microchip

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR PRESSURES; BACK PRESSURES; CAPACITANCE SENSOR; CAPACITANCE SENSORS; CELL DISPENSING; COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; DISPENSING SYSTEMS; DRIVE SYSTEMS; INK JET SYSTEMS; LOW COSTS; MICROCHIP; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; SENSOR PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOCHIPS; CAPACITANCE; CELLS; FLOW VELOCITY; POLYSTYRENES; SENSORS;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84857843433     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855311X614572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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