Valves for autonomous capillary systems

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-402

  Zimmermann, M ^a,b   Hunziker, P ^b   Delamarche, E ^b  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomous; Capillary; Trigger; Valve; Wettable

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS;

APPLICATIONS.; AUTONOMOUS; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY FORCES; CAPILLARY SYSTEMS; FLOW PATHS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEMS; MICRO-FLUIDIC; MICRO-FLUIDIC CHANNELS; TRIGGER; VALVE; WETTABLE;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

EID: 49049102604     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0256-2     Document Type: Article

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