Frequency-specific flow control in microfluidic circuits with passive elastomeric features

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Leslie, Daniel C ^a   Easley, Christopher J ^a,d   Seker, Erkin ^a   Karlinsey, James M ^a,e   Utz, Marcel ^a,b   Begley, Matthew R ^a,b   Landers, James P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; FLUIDIC DEVICES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; SOLENOID VALVES; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DYNAMIC CONTROLS; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; FLUIDIC NETWORKS; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MICROFLUIDIC CIRCUIT;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 61849137271     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1196     Document Type: Article

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