A thermally actuated microfluidic relay valve

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1289-1292

  Bazargan, V ^a   Stoeber, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Microvalve; Pluronic; Thermal actuation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CONTROL CHANNELS; CONTROL FLOWS; CONTROL PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTICS TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXISTING SYSTEMS; FLOW CHANNELS; LEAKAGE RATES; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO VALVES; OFF-CHIP; ON-SITE ANALYSIS; PLURONICS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; RESPONSE TIME; THERMAL ACTUATION; THERMALLY RESPONSIVE POLYMER; VALVE TECHNOLOGY;

ACTUATORS; COAGULATION; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; GELATION; HEATING; HYDROGELS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; SILICONES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449083565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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