A pumping technique using electrohydrodynamic flow inside a gel

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-185

  Watanabe, Masashi ^a   Zheng, Jianming ^a   Hara, Ayako ^a   Shirai, Hirofusa ^a   Hirai, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrohydrodynamics pump; Microfluid system; Micropump

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FLOW CONTROL; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GELS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS PUMP; MICROFLUID SYSTEM; MICROPUMPS;

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037298861     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1176588     Document Type: Article

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