Microfluidic sorting of droplets by size

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-348

  Tan, Yung Chieh ^a   Ho, Yao Li ^a   Lee, Abraham Phillip ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplets; Size; Sorting

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; DROPS; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BIFURCATING JUNCTION GEOMETRY; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 39649099355     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0184-1     Document Type: Article

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