LTCC microflow analyzers with monolithic integration of thermal control

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Martínez Cisneros, Cynthia S ^b   Ibáñez García, Núria ^a   Valdés, Francisco ^b   Alonso, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE LA LAGUNA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electronics; Fluidics; LTCC; Miniaturization; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MICROFABRICATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; MINIATURIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMAL ACCURACY;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 34347259530     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.04.059     Document Type: Article

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