Microparticle sampling by electrowetting-actuated droplet sweeping

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-144

  Zhao, Yuejun ^a   Cho, Sung Kwon ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; POLITEF; POLYSTYRENE; WATER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WETTING AGENT;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACE PRESSURE; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING; SOLID; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION;

GLASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSTYRENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING AGENTS;

EID: 33644835901     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b511645g     Document Type: Article

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