Application of an equilibrium model for an electrified fluid interface - Electrospray using a PDMS microfluidic device

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1362-1375

  Chiarot, Paul R ^a,b   Gubarenko, Sergey I ^a   Ben Mrad, Ridha ^a   Sullivan, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Fluidics; Interface phenomena; Microelectromechanical devices; Spraying

Indexed keywords

FLUIDICS; FLUIDITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; SILICONES;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; APEX ANGLES; DESIGN DECISIONS; DRIPPING MODES; ELECTRICAL STRESSES; ELECTRIFIED FLUIDS; ELECTRIFIED INTERFACES; ELECTROSPRAY; ELECTROSPRAY EMITTERS; ELECTROSPRAYS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUIDIC INTERFACES; INTERFACE PHENOMENA; INTERFACE SHAPES; KEY PARAMETERS; MATERIAL DEPOSITIONS; OPERATIONAL DOMAINS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PDMS MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; TWO LAYERS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 57449118877     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.2006822     Document Type: Article

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