Stable chemical bonding of porous membranes and poly(dimethylsiloxane) devices for long-term cell culture

Biomicrofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Sip, Christopher G ^a   Folch, A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELLS; CHEMICAL BONDS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SILANES;

CELL CULTURE MEDIUMS; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION; LONG TERM STABILITY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; TRACK-ETCHED MEMBRANE;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84923140772     PISSN: 19321058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4883075     Document Type: Article

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