Micromixing crowded biological agents by folding slugs through pillars

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 340-348

  Tang, Kum Cheong ^a   Wibowo, Rachmat Multi ^b   Ghista, Dhanjoo N ^c   Yobas, Levent ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c The University of New South Wales Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crowded solutions; Macromoelcules; Micromixing; Polydimethylsiloxane; Slugs

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MACROMOLECULES; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; REACTION RATES;

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; INTERFACIAL STRESSES; MOLECULAR CONCENTRATIONS;

DROPS;

EID: 35948991079     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.07.043     Document Type: Article

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