Sample transport with thermocapillary force for microfluidics

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 967-972

  Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Pang, Wai Wah ^a   Huang, Xiaoyang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Digital microfluidics; MEMS; Micro droplet; Micro plug; Multi phase flow; Thermocapillary

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744537461     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/34/1/160     Document Type: Article

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