A study of mixing in thermocapillary flows on micropatterned surfaces

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

Volumn 362, Issue 1818, 2004, Pages 1037-1058

  Darhuber, A A ^a   Chen, J Z ^a   Davis, J M ^a   Troian, S M ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Mixing; Thermocapillary flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442626380     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1361     Document Type: Article

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