Microfluidic devices easily created using an office inkjet printer

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-408

  Watanabe, Masashi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Hydrophobic surfaces; Inkjet printer; Microfluidics; Micromixer

Indexed keywords

BASIC SOLUTIONS; END-USERS; GLASS SLIDES; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; INK-JET PRINTER; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROMIXER; SYRINGE PUMPS;

CONTACT ANGLE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROPHOBICITY; INK JET PRINTERS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PRINTING PRESSES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77649234432     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0528-0     Document Type: Article

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