Automatic Combination of Microfluidic Nanoliter-Scale Droplet Array with High-Speed Capillary Electrophoresis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Q ^a,b   Zhu, Y ^a   Zhang, N Q ^a   Fang, Q ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lishui Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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EID: 84971343328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26654     Document Type: Article

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