Reduction of droplet-size dispersion in parallel flow-focusing microdevices using a passive method

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Luque, A ^a   Perdigones, F ^a   Esteve J ^b   Montserrat, J ^b   Gan Calvo A ^a   Quero, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING DEVICE; LOW COSTS; MICRO DEVICES; MICRO-PARTICLES; MONODISPERSION; MOVABLE DEVICES; MULTIPLE DEVICES; PARALLEL DEVICES; PARALLEL FLOWS; PASSIVE METHODS; POLYDISPERSE; SIZE DISPERSION;

DISPERSIONS; FLOW RATE; POLYDISPERSITY;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 67849124414     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/4/045029     Document Type: Article

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