Microfluidics: A boon for biological research

Current Science

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2021-2028

  Mahesh, Karthik ^a   Vaidya, Sravanti ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological research; Lab on a chip; Microchannels; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019935172     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18520/cs/v112/i10/2021-2028     Document Type: Review

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