A coaxial stub microfluidic impedance transformer (COSMIX)

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-156

  Huff, Gregory H ^a   Goldberger, Sean ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloidal dispersion; Impedance transformer; Microfluidic; Reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMER; IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMERS; LOW LOSS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MEASURED RESULTS; NON-AQUEOUS FLUIDS; NON-SPHERICAL; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SIMULATED RESULTS;

BARIUM; BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; BARIUM TITANATE; HYDROCARBONS; MINERAL OILS; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77949424146     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2040217     Document Type: Article

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