High throughput generation and trapping of individual agarose microgel using microfluidic approach

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-474

  Shi, Yang ^a   Gao, Xinghua ^a   Chen, Longqing ^b   Zhang, Min ^a   Ma, Jingyun ^a   Zhang, Xixiang ^b   Qin, Jianhua ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

3D cell culture; Agarose; Droplet; Microfluidic; Microgel

Indexed keywords

3-D CELL CULTURE; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMATA; AGAROSE; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; MATERIAL SYNTHESIS; MATERIALS SYNTHESIS; MICROGEL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; DROPS; DRUG DELIVERY; GELATION; MICROFLUIDICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GELS;

EID: 84885318708     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1160-6     Document Type: Article

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