A PMMA valveless micropump using electromagnetic actuation

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-207

  Yamahata, Christophe ^a   Lotto, C ^a   Al Assaf, E ^a   Gijs, M A M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffuser micropump; Lab on a chip; Powder blasting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICROACTUATORS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PUMPS; SILICONES;

DIFFUSER MICROPUMP; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATION; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MAGNETIC POWDER; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POWDER BLASTING; PUMPING; VALVELESS MICROPUMP;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 22244473350     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-004-0007-6     Document Type: Article

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