Microfluidic rheometer based on hydrodynamic focusing

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Yap, Yit Fatt ^a   Sumargo, Agung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic focusing; Instrumentation; Microfluidics; Rheometer; Viscometer

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DEIONIZED WATER; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOCUSING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT CHANNELS; MEASUREMENT RANGE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE (PEO); PREDICTION ALGORITHMS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 48849116643     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/8/085405     Document Type: Article

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