Low-cost, rapid-prototyping of digital microfluidics devices

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Abdelgawad, Mohamed ^a   Wheeler, Aaron R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital microfluidics; Electrowetting; Micro fabrication; Rapid marker masking; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

COMPACT DISKS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTROWETTING; MICROFABRICATION METHOD; RAPID MARKER MASKING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 39649095855     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0190-3     Document Type: Article

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