The design of dielectrophoretic flow-through sorters using a figure of merit

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Urdaneta, Mario ^a   Smela, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MICROFLUIDICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DIELECTROPHORETIC FLOW; MAXIMUM FLOW PREDICTIONS; SORTERS;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 41849103046     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/1/015001     Document Type: Article

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