Laser Heated Nanodroplet PCR on a Petri Dish

Citation

H. Kim, S. Vishniakou, and G. W. Faris, “Laser Heated Nanodroplet PCR on a Petri dish,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009), paper CMMM6. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?URI=CLEO-2009-CMMM6

Abstract

We report the development of a real-time PCR system driven solely by laser heating with nanoliter droplets on a polystyrene Petri dish.


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