Interfacial tension measurement with an optofluidic sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 692-697

  Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Lassemono, Sumantri ^c   Chollet, Franck Alexis ^a   Yang, Chun ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Interfacial tension; Lab on a chip; Micro optofluidics; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROOPTICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

LAB ON A CHIP; MICRO OPTOFLUIDICS; OPTOFLUIDIC SENSORS; SURFACE TENSION MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 34247140238     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.894927     Document Type: Article

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