A microfluidic passive pumping Coulter counter

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 897-904

  McPherson, Amy L ^a   Walker, Glenn M ^a  

^a North Carolina 27599 and North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid; Enumeration; Microfluidics; Resistive pulse

Indexed keywords

COULTER COUNTERS; ENUMERATION; FLUID DROPLETS; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; LOADING PATTERNS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-PIPETTE; ON-CHIP PASSIVES; PARTICLE COUNTERS; PARTICLE COUNTS; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; PULSE TECHNIQUE; PUMPING METHODS; RESISTIVE PULSE; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DROP FORMATION; INLET FLOW; POLYSTYRENES; PUMPS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77957572805     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0609-0     Document Type: Article

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