Spatially controlled microfluidics using low-voltage electrokinetics

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 237-245

  Dunphy Guzmán, Katherine A ^a,b   Karnik, Rohit N ^a   Newman, John S ^b   Majumdar, Arun ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag AgCl electrodes; Electrokinetics; Low voltage; Microchannels; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYSIS; FLOW CONTROL; FLUIDICS; KINETIC THEORY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

ELECTROKINETICS; LOW VOLTAGE; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 32244448822     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2005.863789     Document Type: Article

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