Transient sensing of liquid films in microfluidic channels with optofluidic microresonators

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Grad, M ^a   Tsai, C C ^a   Yu, M ^b   Kwong, D L ^b   Wong, C W ^a   Attinger, D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Film thickness; Microchannels; Microfluidics; Microresonator; Optical sensing; Optofluidic; Segmented flow

Indexed keywords

FILM THICKNESS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCHANNELS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONATORS; SILICONES;

MICRO RESONATORS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; NANOPHOTONIC STRUCTURES; OPTICAL SENSING; OPTOFLUIDIC; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SEGMENTED FLOW; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77953754644     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/7/075204     Document Type: Article

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