A hydrogel-actuated microvalve for smart flow control

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 2041-2044

  Lei, Ming ^a   Salim, Amani ^a   Siegel, Ronald A ^a,b   Ziaie, Babak ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow control; Hydrogel; Microfluidics; Microvalve; PDMS; pH sensitive

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAPHRAGMS; HYDROGELS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MEMBRANES; ORIFICES; PH EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVALVE; PDMS; PH-SENSITIVE;

FLOW CONTROL;

EID: 11144296338     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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