Electrothermal fluid manipulation of high-conductivity samples for laboratory automation applications

JALA - Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 426-432

  Sin, Mandy L Y ^a   Gau, Vincent ^b   Liao, Joseph C ^c   Wong, Pak Kin ^a,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b GeneFluidics Inc   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrokinetics; Electrothermal; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRO-THERMAL EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROKINETIC; ELECTROKINETICS; ELECTROTHERMAL; ELECTROTHERMAL FLOW; FLUID MOTIONS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT;

AUTOMATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS;

ELECTRIC HEATING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 78650169537     PISSN: 15355535     EISSN: 15402452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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