Independent optical control of microfluidic valves formed from optomechanically responsive nanocomposite hydrogels

Advanced Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1366-1368

  Sershen, Scott R ^a   Mensing, Glennys A ^b   Ng, Marie ^a   Halas, Naomi J ^a   Beebe, David J ^b   West, Jennifer L ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPOSITION; COPOLYMERS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GOLD; HYDROGELS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHTING; MIRRORS; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PH EFFECTS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE (LCST); MICROFLUIDIC VALVES; NANOCOMPOSITE HYDROGELS; OPTICAL CONTROL;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 20444440745     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200401239     Document Type: Article

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