Liposome-based liquid handling platform featuring addition, mixing, and aliquoting of femtoliter volumes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Shiomi, Hideaki ^a   Tsuda, Soichiro ^b,c   Suzuki, Hiroaki ^c,d   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; POLYMER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENERAL DEVICE; GIANT UNILAMELLAR VESICLE; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

LIPIDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84903791139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101820     Document Type: Article

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