Using a circular groove surrounded inlet to generate monodisperse droplets inside a microfluidic chip in a gravity-driven manner

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Jiangjiang ^a   Lin, Jin Ming ^a   Knopp, Dietmar ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 54749129867     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/9/095014     Document Type: Article

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