Utilization of surface tension and wettability in the design and operation of microsensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 60-67

  Wapner, Phillip G ^a   Hoffman, Wesley P ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; SURFACE TENSION; WALL FLOW; WETTING;

MICROFLUIDICS; WETTABILITY;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 0034319954     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(00)00591-8     Document Type: Article

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