Dynamics of microfluidic droplets

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2032-2045

  Baroud, Charles N ^a   Gallaire, Francois ^b   Dangla, Rémi ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENSION; VELOCITY;

EID: 77954970051     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c001191f     Document Type: Review

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