Effects of surface roughness on the flow characteristics in PDMS microchannels

2005 3rd IEEE/EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 292-295

  Kim, Young Min ^a   Kim, Woo Seung ^b   Lee, Sang Hoon ^c   Baek, Ju Yeoul ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRONICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 33845325354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2005.1548452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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