Fluidic automation of nitrate and nitrite bioassays in whole blood by dissolvable-film based centrifugo-pneumatic actuation

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 11336-11349

  Nwankire, Charles E ^a   Chan, Di Sien S ^a   Gaughran, Jennifer ^a   Burger, Robert ^a,b   Gorkin III, Robert ^a,c   Ducrée, Jens ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automation; Centrifugal; Dissolvable film; Microfluidics; Reagent storage; Sacrificial valve

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BLOOD; BUILDING MATERIALS; CENTRIFUGATION; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MICROFLUIDICS; NITRATES;

BARRIER PROPERTIES; BURST PRESSURES; CENTRIFUGAL; CENTRIFUGAL MICROFLUIDICS; CONTROLLED RELEASE; FLUORESCENT LABELS; IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS; LIQUID HANDLING;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84883342223     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130911336     Document Type: Article

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