Contoured elastic-membrane microvalves for microfluidic network integration

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-6

  Young, A M ^a   Bloomstein, T M ^a   Palmacci, S T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ETCHING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDICS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

ELASTIC MEMBRANES; FLOW RATE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVALVES;

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; VALVE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SILICONES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033082643     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2798039     Document Type: Article

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