A review of the theory, methods and recent applications of high-throughput single-cell droplet microfluidics

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lagus, Todd P ^a   Edd, Jon F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION METHODS; AQUEOUS DROPLETS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CELL BIOLOGY; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CELL SECRETION; CELL SUSPENSION; CHEMICAL ISOLATION; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DROPLET FORMATION; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; FLUID PHYSICS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICRO DROPLETS; MICRO REACTOR; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; SINGLE CELLS;

CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

CELLS;

EID: 84874491360     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/11/114005     Document Type: Review

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