A novel microfluidic approach for monodispersed chitosan microspheres with enhanced autofluorescence

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 784-790

  Zhao, Hong ^a   Xu, Jian Hong ^a   Dong, Peng Fei ^a   Luo, Guang Sheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan microspheres; Enhanced autofluorescence; Microfluidic device

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTIONS; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AVERAGE DIAMETER; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CHITOSAN MICROSPHERES; CO-AXIAL; CONTINUOUS PHASE; CROSSLINKED; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENT INTENSITY; FLUORESCENT MICROSPHERES; GLUTARALDEHYDES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC METHOD; MONO-DISPERSED; OPTIMUM RATIO; TUNABILITIES;

CHITOSAN; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; FORMALDEHYDE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 84870790070     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.063     Document Type: Article

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