The design and fabrication of autonomous polymer-based surface tension-confined microfluidic platforms

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 601-611

  Swickrath, Michael J ^a   Shenoy, Suresh ^a   Mann Jr , J Adin ^a   Belcher, Jim ^b   Kovar, Robert ^b   Wnek, Gary E ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b INFOSCITEX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary microfluidics; Monge representation; Surface tension confined; Surface directed microfluidics; Thick film printing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPILLARITY; LAPLACE EQUATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOMASKS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE TENSION;

FILM PRINTING; MONGE REPRESENTATION; PRESSURE JUMP;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

EID: 44249096817     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0229-5     Document Type: Article

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