Blister-Actuated LIFT Printing for Multiparametric Functionalization of Paper-Like Biosensors

Lars Hecht1, Korbinian Rager2, Martynas Davidonis3

  • 1Institute of Microtechnology (IMT), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Alte Salzdahlumer Str. 203, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. lars.hecht@tu-bs.de.

Micromachines
|March 31, 2019
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