Control of microfluidic systems: Two examples, results, and challenges

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 785-803

  Armani, Micheal ^a   Chaudhary, Satej ^a   Probst, Roland ^a   Walker, Shawn ^a   Shapiro, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Electrowetting; Microfluidics; Particle steering

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

LIQUID DROPLETS; MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE TENSION FORCES;

SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 27644591869     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1024     Document Type: Article

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