Control of two-phase flow in a microfluidic system using ac electric fields

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Morgan, H ^a   Green, N G ^a   Ramos, A ^b   Garcia Sanchez, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FLOW CONTROL;

INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 37549064682     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2825835     Document Type: Article

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