Microfluidic circuits with tunable flow resistances

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Lam, Eric W ^a   Cooksey, Gregory A ^a   Finlayson, Bruce A ^b   Folch, Albert ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXER CIRCUITS;

MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; MICROVALVES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR;

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS;

EID: 33750149392     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2363931     Document Type: Article

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