Strategies for void-free liquid filling of micro cavities

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1321-1330

  Goldschmidtboeing, Frank ^a   Rabold, Martin ^a   Woias, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FILLING; FLUIDIC DEVICES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CAPILLARY DYNAMICS; MICRO CAVITIES; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; VOID-FREE CAPILLARY FILLING;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33745093749     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/7/029     Document Type: Article

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