Numerical analysis of hydrodynamic flow in microfluidic biochip for single-cell trapping application

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 26770-26785

  Khalili, Amelia Ahmad ^a   Ahmad, Mohd Ridzuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Finite element; Hydrodynamic; Microfluidic; Single cell trapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHIP; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; YEAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84946866278     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms161125987     Document Type: Article

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