Drop on demand in a microfluidic chip

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Xu, Jie ^a   Attinger, Daniel ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO EQUIPMENT; DROPS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; FLUIDIC DEVICES; NOZZLES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMERS; SILICONES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DRIVING PULSES; FLUID CHAMBERS; FORMATION PROCESSES; GAS BUBBLES; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; LAB ON A CHIPS; MICRO DROPS; MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS; MICROLITER; MULTISTEP REACTIONS; NANOLITER; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; ON DEMANDS; PDMS CHIPS; POLYMER MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS; PRECISE CONTROLS; TRANSPORT CHANNELS; VOLUME CONTROLS;

BIOCHIPS;

EID: 57249101855     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/6/065020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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