Magnetic microsphere-based mixers for microdroplets

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Roy, Tamal ^a   Sinha, Ashok ^b   Chakraborty, Sayan ^a   Ganguly, Ranjan ^a   Puri, Ishwar K ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; DYES; MAGNETISM; MICROSPHERES;

DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; FLUID VISCOSITY; MAGNETIC MICROSPHERES; MAGNETIC STIRRING; MIXING PARAMETERS; OPERATING CONDITION; ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELDS; WATER-SOLUBLE DYE;

MIXING;

EID: 61849086141     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3072602     Document Type: Article

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