Integrated Coulter counter based on 2-dimensional liquid aperture control

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-50

  Nieuwenhuis, J H ^a   Kohl, F ^b   Bastemeijer, J ^c   Sarro, P M ^c   Vellekoop, M J ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coulter counter; Microfluidics; Particle size; Sheath flow

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUIDICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION;

APERTURES; COULTER COUNTERS; MICROFLUIDICS; SHEATH FLOW;

SENSORS;

EID: 4344564663     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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