Biological Applications Of Microfluidics Hardcover

Gomez, Frank A.

Microfluidics has numerous potential applications in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, the life sciences, defense, public health, and agriculture. This book details recent advances in the biological applications of microfluidics, including cell sorting, DNA sequencing on-a-chip, microchip capillary electrophoresis, and synthesis on a microfluidic format. It covers microfabricated LOC technologies, advanced microfluidic tools, microfluidic culture platforms for stem cell and neuroscience research, and more. This is an all-in-one, hands-on resource for analytical chemists and researchers and an excellent text for students.

0470074833

9780470074831

English

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

17 March 2008

544

Frank A. Gomez, PhD, is the Director of the CSULA-Caltech Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Collaborative. He is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at California State University, Los Angeles, and a Visiting Research Associate at the California Institute of Technology.

Frank A. Gomez

The book has a relatively comprehensive coverage of active areas in the field, and so would serve these markets well. (The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 2010)