Liquid recirculation in microfluidic channels by the interplay of capillary and centrifugal forces

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 695-703

  Garcia Cordero, Jose L ^a   Basabe Desmonts, Lourdes ^a   Ducrée, Jens ^a   Ricco, Antonio J ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bio sensors; Capillary forces; Centrifugal microfluidics; Diffusion; Recirculation; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CENTRIFUGAL MICROFLUIDICS; CHANNEL WALL; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DIFFUSION TIME; FLUID LAYER; GEOMETRIC DEVICES; LIQUID SAMPLE; LIQUID VOLUME; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; RANDOM SAMPLING; RECIRCULATIONS; SAMPLE VOLUME; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL MODELS; THIN FLUIDS;

BLOOD VESSELS; CENTRIFUGATION; DIFFUSION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS; SENSORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77957597674     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0585-4     Document Type: Article

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