Sequentially pulsed fluid delivery to establish soluble gradients within a scalable microfluidic chamber array
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biomicrofluidics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-1058
DOI: 10.1063/1.4774313