Fabrication of microfluidic mixers with varying topography in glass using the powder-blasting process

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Sayah, Abdeljalil ^a   Thivolle, Pierre Antoine ^a   Parashar, Virendra K ^a   Gijs, Martin A M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTING METHOD; CONVERGENT NOZZLES; EROSION DEPTH; LAMINAR STREAMS; MASK OPENING; MICRO PATTERNING; MICROFLUIDIC MIXERS; MICROMIXERS; NOZZLE STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY;

BLASTING; GLASS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NOZZLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 70350648879     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/8/085024     Document Type: Article

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