3D printing: an emerging tool for novel microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip applications

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-18

  Yazdi, Alireza Ahmadian ^a   Popma, Adam ^a   Wong, William ^a   Nguyen, Tammy ^a   Pan, Yayue ^a   Xu, Jie ^a  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Lab on a chip; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; LABORATORIES; MICROFLUIDICS; PRINTING;

3-D PRINTING; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY; LAB-ON-A-CHIP APPLICATIONS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEMS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP TECHNOLOGY; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84959305990     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-016-1715-4     Document Type: Article

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