Electroosmotic control of width and position of liquid streams in hydrodynamic focusing

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-497

  Li, Haiwang ^a   Wong, Teck Neng ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; AQUEOUS GLYCEROLS; CONDUCTING FLUID; ELECTROOSMOTIC; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; INTERFACE POSITION; LIQUID STREAMS; MEASURED RESULTS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN FLOWS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SYRINGE PUMPS; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GLYCEROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VISCOSITY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 70349987108     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0402-0     Document Type: Article

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