Simulation tools for lab on a chip research: Advantages, challenges, and thoughts for the future

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1424-1431

  Boy, David A ^a   Gibou, Frédéric ^a   Pennathur, Sumita ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAB ON A CHIP; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 52649170472     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b812596c     Document Type: Review

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