Freezing continuous-flow self-Assembly in a microfluidic device: Toward imaging of liposome formation

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1717-1723

  Jahn, Andreas ^a   Lucas, Falk ^a   Wepf, Roger A ^a   Dittrich, Petra S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-PROPANOL; AQUEOUS BUFFER; BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL FIXATION; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; CRYO-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYO-SEM; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; INTERFACIAL MIXING; LIPID VESICLES; LIPOSOME FORMATION; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NUMBER DENSITY; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; TRANSIENT INTERMEDIATE;

FLUIDIC DEVICES; FREEZING; PROPANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

LIPOSOMES;

LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; FREEZING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

FREEZING; LIPOSOMES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84873367961     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303675g     Document Type: Article

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