A control method for steering individual particles inside liquid droplets actuated by electrowetting

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1404-1407

  Walker, Shawn ^a   Shapiro, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 28944442975     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b513373b     Document Type: Article

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