Glass-based continuous-flow PCR chip with a portable control system for DNA amplification

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1914-1918

  Xue, Ning ^a   Yan, Weiping ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Ni thermometer; NiCr heater; polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip; temperature control system

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DNA AMPLIFICATION; DNA SAMPLES; FLOWTHROUGH; INJECTION RATES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; NICR HEATER; PCR CHIPS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; THREE TEMPERATURE;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DNA; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GLASS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOMETERS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84860511316     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2182047     Document Type: Article

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