Quadrupolar magnetic actuation of superparamagnetic particles for enhanced microfluidic perfusion

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Moser, Yves ^a   Lehnert, Thomas ^a   Gijs, Martin A M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MICROCHANNELS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

APPLICATIONS.; CROSS SECTIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT CALCULATIONS; LAB ON A CHIPS; MAGNETIC ACTUATIONS; MAGNETIC FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC FLOWS; SOFT MAGNETIC; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC PARTICLES;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

EID: 58349083947     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3072592     Document Type: Article

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