Droplet-based micro fluidics

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 949, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-230

  Sharma, Sanjiv ^a   Srisa Art, Monpichar ^b   Scott, Steven ^a   Asthana, Amit ^c   Cass, Anthony ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Applications; Dielectrophoresis; Digital micro fluidics; Droplet micro fluidics; Electrowetting

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL ASSAY; CELL MANIPULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROWETTING; EMULSION; FLOW; FLOW RATE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TITRIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FRACTIONATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879322835     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-134-9_15     Document Type: Article

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