Microfluidic encapsulation of cells in alginate particles via an improved internal gelation approach

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 773-777

  Akbari, Samin ^a,c   Pirbodaghi, Tohid ^b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Droplet based microfluidics; Single cell encapsulation

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; GELATION;

CELL EXPOSURE; CELL VIABILITY; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; INTERNAL GELATION; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-PARTICLES; SINGLE CELLS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84899968393     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1264-z     Document Type: Article

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