Hydrodynamic metamaterials: Microfabricated arrays to steer, refract, and focus streams of biomaterials

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7434-7438

  Morton, Keith J ^a   Loutherback, Kevin ^a   Inglis, David W ^a   Tsui, Ophelia K ^c   Sturm, James C ^a   Chou, Stephen Y ^a   Austin, Robert H ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Microfluidics; Nanofluidics; Optics; Separation

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; HYDRODYNAMIC METAMATERIAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; FLUID FLOW; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; SYNTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER;

EID: 44949240492     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712398105     Document Type: Article

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