A review of chemical gradient systems for cell analysis

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 907, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-17

  Somaweera, Himali ^a   Ibraguimov, Akif ^a   Pappas, Dimitri ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient; Lab on a chip; Microfluidics; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; DISEASES; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GRADIENT METHODS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEWS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS; CANCER METASTASIS; CELL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; GRADIENT FORMATION; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; TEMPORAL GRADIENTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL GRADIENT SYSTEM; CONVECTION BASED GRADIENT GENERATOR; DIFFUSION BASED GRADIENT GENERATOR; GENERAL DEVICE; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING DEVICE; HYDROGEL; MICROFLUIDIC GRADIENT GENERATOR; MICROFLUIDICS; PIPETTE INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAB ON A CHIP; METASTASIS; TUMOR INVASION;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 84951860799     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.12.008     Document Type: Review

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