Continuous separation of non-magnetic particles inside ferrofluids

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 1003-1009

  Zhu, Taotao ^a   Marrero, Francisco ^a   Mao, Leidong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrofluid; Magnetic buoyancy force; Particle separation

Indexed keywords

BINARY SEPARATION; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CONTINUOUS SEPARATION; FERROFLUID; HIGH THROUGHPUT; LABEL FREE; MAGNETIC BUOYANCY FORCE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-PARTICLES; NON-MAGNETIC PARTICLES; NONMAGNETICS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION PROCESS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; WATER BASED;

BUOYANCY; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

SIZE SEPARATION;

EID: 77957595661     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0616-1     Document Type: Article

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