Single-Fluorophore Detection in Femtoliter Droplets Generated by Flow Focusing

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 9718-9730

  Weinmeister, Robert ^a   Freeman, Emma ^a   Eperon, Ian C ^a   Stuart, Alison M ^a   Hudson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital microfluidics; droplet encapsulation; flow focusing; in vitro compartmentalization; lab on a chip; single molecule fluorescence; soft lithography

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; FOCUSING; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULES;

FLOW FOCUSING; FLOW FOCUSING DEVICES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IN-VITRO; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE-MOLECULE STUDIES; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

DROP FORMATION;

FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUMINESCENT AGENT;

BLEACHING; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL IMAGING; PHOTOBLEACHING; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84946069960     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02422     Document Type: Article

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