Microwave-induced water flows in microsystems

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Ramos, A ^a   Robles, A ^a   Garcia Sanchez P ^a   Freire, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULICS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSYSTEMS; MICROWAVES;

ALTERNATING CURRENTS; DIELECTRIC FORCES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALES; FLUID FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID FLOWS; FLUID VELOCITIES; MASS DENSITIES; MICROFLUIDIC PUMPS; MICROWAVE FIELDS; MICROWAVE GENERATORS; SALINE CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WATER FLOWS;

SALINE WATER;

EID: 58349119856     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3070521     Document Type: Article

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