Micro/nanoscale biosensing in microfluidics: Selection of polymers and microstructures

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 420-430

  Adam, Tijjani ^a   Hashim, U ^a   Leow, Pei Ling ^b   Ali, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Diagnosis; Microchannels; Microfluidic; Micromixer; Micropumps; Microvalves; Miniaturization; Polydimethyl siloxane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865533548     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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