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microfluidics
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microfluidics
The science of building microminiaturized devices with chambers and tunnels for the containment and flow of fluids. With devices measured at the micrometer level and fluids measured in nanoliters and picoliters, microfluidics devices are widely used in inkjet printer heads and labs on a chip. The latter are used to analyze body fluids for medical purposes. See lab on a chip and nanofluidics.


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The new system could significantly simplify the process of conducting experiments in microfluidic devices.
Microfluidic Systems (Fremont, CA), a privately-held company, announced that they were granted US patent number 7,491,527 for an automated microfluidic DNA separation cartridge.
INTRODUCTION In the past decades, there has been an explosion of activity in the field of microfluidic chip.
 
 
 
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