DNA-based highly tunable particle focuser

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kang, Kyowon ^a   Lee, Sung Sik ^b   Hyun, Kyu ^c   Lee, Seong Jae ^d   Kim, Ju Min ^a  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Suwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSPHERE; POLYMER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; VIRUS DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; FLOW CYTOMETER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW RATE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HIGHLY TUNABLE PARTICLE FOCUSER; HIGHLY TUNABLE PARTICLE FOCUSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA; DNA, VIRAL; ELASTICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84893825423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3567     Document Type: Article

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