Micro valve and chaotic mixer driven by electrorheological fluid

Proceedings of 1st IEEE International Conference on Nano Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 1st IEEE-NEMS

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1254-1257

  Niu, Xize ^a   Lee, Yi Kuen ^a   Liu, Liyu ^a   Wen, Weijia ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ER fluid; Micro mixer; Micro valve; PDMS

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; LITHOGRAPHY; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; MOLECULES; NANOFLUIDICS; NEMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; VIBRATION CONTROL;

CHAOTIC MIXING; CONTROL CHANNEL (CCH); ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL (ER); ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL (ER) EFFECTS; FAST RESPONSE TIME; FAST SWITCHING; HIGH PRESSURE (HP); HOMOGENEOUS ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL (ER) FLUID; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO FLOWS; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO VALVES; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MULTILAYER (ML); NANO PARTICLES; POLYDIMETHYLSIOXANE (PDMS); SHORT CHANNELS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; VALVE DESIGN;

FLUIDS;

EID: 34347213005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2006.334710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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