A reusable in-plane polymer integrated microfluidic interconnect

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2067-2070

  Lo, Ronalee ^a   Meng, Ellis ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Microfluidic interconnects; Microfluidic packaging; Septum

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSYSTEMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; POLYMERS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

IN-PLANE; INTERCONNECT DESIGN; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEMS; MICRO-FLUIDIC; MICROFLUIDIC INTERCONNECTS; MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS; MICROFLUIDIC PACKAGING; ON-DEMAND; PLUG-AND-PLAY; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PULL-OUT FORCES; SEPTUM; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 50049094198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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