Gravity-driven microfluidic particle sorting device with hydrodynamic separation amplification.

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Published in Anal Chem on February 15, 2007

Authors

Dongeun Huh1, Joong Hwan Bahng, Yibo Ling, Hsien-Hung Wei, Oliver D Kripfgans, J Brian Fowlkes, James B Grotberg, Shuichi Takayama

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.

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