Fabrication and characterization of a biomimetic hydrogel check valve

1st Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 336-339

  Yu, Qing ^a   Bauer, Joseph M ^b   Moore, Jeffrey S ^a   Beebe, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; HYDROGELS; PH;

APPLIED PRESSURE; BIOMIMETIC HYDROGELS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; DIRECTIONAL CONTROL; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PH; REVERSE LEAKAGE; SHAPE AND SIZE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 1642509492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2000.893800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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