Microfluidics for Medical Applications
RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
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9: Polymer-based Nanostructures: Medical Applications
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12: Titanate and Titania Nanotubes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
13: Raman Spectroscopy, Fullerenes and Nanotechnology
14: Nanotechnologies in Food
15: Unravelling Single Cell Genomics: Micro and Nanotools
16: Polymer Nanocomposites by Emulsion and Suspension
17: Phage Nanobiotechnology
18: Nanotubes and Nanowires: 2nd Edition
19: Nanostructured Catalysts: Transition Metal Oxides
20: Fullerenes: Principles and Applications, 2nd Edition
21: Biological Interactions with Surface Charge Biomaterials
22: Nanoporous Gold: From an Ancient Technology to a High-Tech Material
23: Nanoparticles in Anti-Microbial Materials: Use and Characterisation
24: Manipulation of Nanoscale Materials: An Introduction to Nanoarchitectonics
25: Towards Efficient Designing of Safe Nanomaterials: Innovative Merge of Computational Approaches and Experimental Techniques
26: Polymer–Graphene Nanocomposites
27: Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites
28: Nanoscience for the Conservation of Works of Art
29: Polymer Nanofibers: Building Blocks for Nanotechnology
30: Artificial Cilia
31: Nanodiamond
32: Nanofabrication and its Application in Renewable Energy
33: Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Organometallic and Inorganic Synthesis
34: Soft Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
35: Hierarchical Nanostructures for Energy Devices
36: Microfluidics for Medical Applications
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Microfluidics for Medical Applications
Edited by
Albert van den Berg
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Email: [email protected]
Loes Segerink
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology No. 36
Print ISBN: 978-1-84973-637-4
PDF eISBN: 978-1-84973-759-3
ISSN: 1757-7136
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