Virtual microfluidic traps, filters, channels and pumps using Marangoni flows

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Basu, Amar S ^a,b   Gianchandani, Yogesh B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUXES; HEAT FLUX; LIQUID FILMS; PUMPS; RANGE FINDING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

AQUEOUS DROPLETS; AT SPEEDS; GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; HEAT SOURCES; LENGTH SCALES; LINEAR PUMPS; LIQUID SURFACES; LIQUID TEMPERATURES; MARANGONI FLOWS; MICROFLUIDIC COMPONENTS; NON CONTACTS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; POINT SOURCES; SIZE SCALES; SIZE SELECTIVITIES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; THIN LIQUID FILMS; TOROIDAL FLOWS; VIRTUAL CHANNELS; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 58149343292     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/11/115031     Document Type: Article

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