Automated on-chip droplet dispensing with volume control by electro-wetting actuation and capacitance metering

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 319-327

  Ren, Hong ^a   Fair, Richard B ^a   Pollack, Micheal G ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet dispensing; Electro wetting; Microfluidics; Volume control

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEEDBACK; FREQUENCIES; GAIN CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DROPLET DISPENSING; ELECTRO-WETTING; MICROFLUIDICS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 1342264268     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2003.09.030     Document Type: Article

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