Droplet microfluidics: A tool for biology, chemistry and nanotechnology

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-125

  Mashaghi, Samaneh ^a,b   Abbaspourrad, Alireza ^c   Weitz, David A ^a   van Oijen, Antoine M ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Droplet based chemical synthesis; Droplet based microfluidics; High throughput assays; Lab on a chip; Microdroplets

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROPS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THROUGHPUT;

DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ASSAYS; LABORATORY OPERATIONS; MICRO DROPLETS; MINIATURIZED DEVICES; NANO-DEVICE FABRICATION; SINGLECELL ANALYSIS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EID: 84971254808     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.05.019     Document Type: Review

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