A piezoactuated droplet-dispensing microfluidic chip

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-119

  Ahamed, Mohammed Jalal ^a   Gubarenko, Sergey I ^a   Ben Mrad, Ridha ^a   Sullivan, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleic acid; Droplet; Ejection characteristics; Microdispenser; Microfluidics; Piezoactuator; Plate deflection

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS; DROPLET EJECTION; EJECTION CHARACTERISTICS; MICRO-DISPENSER; PIEZO ACTUATOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PLASMA ETCHING; SILICONES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 76349097566     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2036866     Document Type: Article

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