Solving mazes using microfluidic networks

Langmuir

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4714-4722

  Fuerstman, Michael J ^a   Deschatelets, Pascal ^a   Kane, Ravi ^a   Schwartz, Alexander ^a   Kenis, Paul J A ^a   Deutch, John M ^b   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LITHOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUIDIC RESISTANCES; MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS; PRESSURE DRIVEN FLOW; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0038581618     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la030054x     Document Type: Article

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