Microfluidic Cell Culture Platforms with Embedded Nanoscale Features

Microfluidic Cell Culture Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-26

  Yang, Yong ^a   Leong, Kam W ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE; NANOSCALE FEATURES;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84902036034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-3459-1.00001-6     Document Type: Chapter

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