Microfluidic flow transducer based on the measurement of electrical admittance

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-10

  Collins, John ^a   Lee, Abraham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; GLASS; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FLOWMETER; FLUID FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MICROELECTRODE; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW TRANSDUCER; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1642462934     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b310282c     Document Type: Article

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