Characterization of transport in microfluidic gradient generators

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-285

  Gorman, Bryan R ^a,b   Wikswo, John P ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Convection diffusion mass transport; Gradient generation; Microfluidics; P clet number

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PECLET NUMBER; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CHEMOTAXIS; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION MASS TRANSPORT; MICROFLUIDIC GRADIENT GENERATORS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 39649109670     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0169-0     Document Type: Article

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