Discrete chemical release from a microfluidic chip

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 786-794

  Hu, Min ^a   Lindemann, Timo ^a   Göttsche, Thorsten ^b   Kohnle, Joerg ^b   Zengerle, Roland ^a,b   Koltay, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute for Micromachining and Information Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air gap; Discrete chemical stimulation; Microfluidic chip; Picoliter chemical release; Pulsed liquid ejection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; HYDROPHOBICITY;

AIR GAP; DISCRETE CHEMICAL STIMULATION; PICOLITER CHEMICAL RELEASE; PULSED LIQUID EJECTION;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 34548012627     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2007.892911     Document Type: Article

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