Microfluidic device (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Microfluidic device

Caption

A microfluidic device was designed to combine protein solution with nanoparticles and then form thousands of tiny, identical droplets. Inside each of these droplets, the proteins interact with the nanoparticles, which help them to form protein crystals.

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MIT

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