Published in Am J Physiol Cell Physiol on June 22, 2004
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Muscular thin films for building actuators and powering devices. Science (2007) 3.21
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An integrated approach to a portable and low-cost immunoassay for resource-poor settings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2004) 2.45
Understanding wax printing: a simple micropatterning process for paper-based microfluidics. Anal Chem (2009) 2.43
Time scale and other invariants of integrative mechanical behavior in living cells. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys (2003) 2.42
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Generation of monodisperse particles by using microfluidics: control over size, shape, and composition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2005) 2.30
The 2007 Estimates for People at Risk for and Living With HIV in China: Progress and Challenges. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 2.27
A microfabricated array of clamps for immobilizing and imaging C. elegans. Lab Chip (2007) 2.27
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Intracellular stress tomography reveals stress focusing and structural anisotropy in cytoskeleton of living cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol (2003) 2.09
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Collaborative non-self recognition system in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility. Science (2010) 2.04
Concurrent detection of secreted products from human lymphocytes by microengraving: cytokines and antigen-reactive antibodies. Clin Immunol (2008) 2.03
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Multidimensional analysis of the frequencies and rates of cytokine secretion from single cells by quantitative microengraving. Lab Chip (2010) 1.97
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