Design of microfluidic channels separated by an ultra-thin free-standing dielectric membrane

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Tencer, Michal ^a,b   Berini, Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MST Consulting   (Canada)

^c Spectalis Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CRITICAL VALUES; DIELECTRIC MEMBRANES; DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES; EQUIPMENT RELIABILITIES; FLUID FLOWS; FLUIDIC CHANNELS; LOW PRESSURES; MEMBRANE STRENGTHS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS; MIRROR SYMMETRIES; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRESSURE RANGES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SYSTEM DESIGNS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 58249094018     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0295-3     Document Type: Article

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