Acoustic-counterflow microfluidics by surface acoustic waves

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Cecchini, Marco ^a,b   Girardo, Salvatore ^a,c   Pisignano, Dario ^a,c   Cingolani, Roberto ^a,c   Beltram, Fabio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC-COUNTERFLOW MICROFLUIDICS; ACOUSTIC-STREAMING PROCESS; PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 40949100087     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2889951     Document Type: Article

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