A micro extensional filament rheometer enabled by EWOD

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-78

  Nelson, Wyatt ^a   Kavehpour, Pirouz ^a   Kim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY INSTABILITY; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; KEY COMPONENT; LIQUID THREADS; MICROFILAMENTS; MINIATURE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL MICROMETRY; RHEOMETRY; TENSION SAMPLE;

LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; MICROMETERS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; RHEOMETERS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 77952779448     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2010.5442563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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