TITAN: A conducting polymer based microfluidic pump

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1511-1516

  Wu, Y ^a   Zhou, D ^a   Spinks, G M ^a   Innis, P C ^a   Megill, W M ^b   Wallace, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CHANNEL FLOW; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FLUIDICS; POLYPYRROLES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION PROPERTIES; LOW VOLTAGE FLUID MOVEMENT SYSTEMS; MICROFLUIDIC PUMPS; VOLTAGE DEVICES;

PUMPS;

EID: 28344441965     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/6/043     Document Type: Article

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