Laser switching and sorting for high speed digital microfluidics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Robert De Saint Vincent, Matthieu ^a   Wunenburger, Ŕgis ^a   Delville, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

DROP VELOCITIES; LASER SWITCHING; MICROPATTERNING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 42349107847     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2911913     Document Type: Article

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