Enabling Microfluidics: from Clean Rooms to Makerspaces

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 383-392

  Walsh, David I ^a   Kong, David S ^a   Murthy, Shashi K ^b,c   Carr, Peter A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLEAN ROOMS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; PLASTIC BUILDING MATERIALS; PRINTING MACHINERY; PRINTING PRESSES;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BUILDING INTEGRATED; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; FABRICATION EQUIPMENT; LOW-COST ACCESS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PRODUCT DESIGNERS; PROTOTYPING TOOLS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROCLIMATE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 85011321086     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.01.001     Document Type: Review

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