Generation and assembly of cell-laden hydrogels on a digital microfluidic platform

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 575-577

  Chiang, Min Yu ^a   Fan, Shih Kang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell laden hydrogel; Digital microfluidic; Photo pattering technique

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; DROPS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL-CELL INTERACTION; INTEGRATED PLATFORM; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; PHOTO PATTERNING; PHOTO-PATTERING TECHNIQUE; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84901817724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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