Scaling properties of a low-actuation pressure microfluidic valve

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 393-398

  Studer, Vincent ^a   Hang, Giao ^a   Pandolfi, Anna ^b   Ortiz, Michael ^c   Anderson, W French ^a,d   Quake, Stephen R ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTORESISTS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

LOW-ACTUATION PRESSURE MICROFLUIDIC VALVE; MULTILAYER SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0942279102     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1629781     Document Type: Article

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