Microfluidic mixers: From microfabricated to self-assembling devices

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1818, 2004, Pages 1069-1086

  Campbell, Christopher J ^a   Grzybowski, Bartosz A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Micromixers; Mixing; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442609487     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1363     Document Type: Article

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