Towards optimal strategies for moving droplets in digital microfluidic systems

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1468-1474

  Böhringer, Karl F ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Digital microfluidics; Droplet manipulation; Lab on a chip

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; WETTING;

CONTROL STRATEGY; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS (DMFS); DROPLET MANIPULATION; ELECTROWETTING; LAB ON A CHIP;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

EID: 17544388873     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1308031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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