In-droplet magnetic beads concentration and separation for digital microfluidics

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 711-714

  Wang, Yi Zhong ^a   Zhao, Yuejun ^a   Cho, Sung Kwon ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; EWOD; Magnetic beads; Separation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MICROSYSTEMS; SENSORS; SEPARATION; TRANSDUCERS;

CONCENTRATION; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTRO-WETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC; EWOD; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MAGNETIC BEADS; MAGNETIC PARTICLES; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 50049123260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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