Design and simulation of a microfluidic blood-plasma separation chip using microchannel structures

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-49

  Huang, Ching Te ^a   Li, Po Ni ^a   Pai, Ching Yi ^b   Leu, Tzong Shyng ^b   Jen, Chun Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backward facing step; Microfluidic chips; Plasma skimming; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BIOCHIPS; EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION; FACINGS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BACKWARD FACING STEP; BACKWARD-FACING STEP GEOMETRY; BLOOD-PLASMA SEPARATION; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; PLASMA SKIMMING; SEPARATION FACILITIES; WHOLE BLOOD;

BLOOD;

BENDING; CENTRIFUGE MODELING; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 77949345477     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390903402125     Document Type: Article

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