Modeling and simulation of electrified droplets and its application to computer-aided design of digital microfluidics

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-233

  Zeng, Jun ^a  

^a European Headquarter and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochips; Droplet; Electrohydrodynamics; Microfluidics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHIPS; DROPLETS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMANIPULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WETTING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 31344435088     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2005.857387     Document Type: Article

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