Microfluidic screening of electric fields for electroporation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Garcia, Paulo A ^a   Ge, Zhifei ^a   Moran, Jeffrey L ^a   Buie, Cullen R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DEVICES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPORATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PROCEDURES;

ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPORATION; MICROFLUIDICS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84959019830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21238     Document Type: Article

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