Three-dimensional hydrodynamic focusing method for polyplex synthesis

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 332-339

  Lu, Mengqian ^a   Ho, Yi Ping ^b,c   Grigsby, Christopher L ^b   Nawaz, Ahmad Ahsan ^a   Leong, Kam W ^b   Huang, Tony Jun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D hydrodynamic focusing; gene delivery; polyplex; transfection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PERTURBATIONS; BATCH-TO-BATCH VARIATIONS; GENE DELIVERY; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; POLYMERIC GENE CARRIERS; POLYPLEXES; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFECTION EFFICIENCY;

FOCUSING; GENE TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POLYMER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE;

ACOUSTICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893511366     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404193e     Document Type: Article

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