On-demand liquid-in-liquid droplet metering and fusion utilizing pneumatically actuated membrane valves

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Lin, Bo Chih ^a   Su, Yu Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUIDS; SILICONES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BONDING PROCESSES; DRIVING PRESSURES; DROPLET VOLUMES; LIQUID DROPLETS; METERING DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE SOURCES; ON DEMANDS; PHASE FLOWS; SWITCHING DEVICES;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 58149344958     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/11/115005     Document Type: Article

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