Particle sorting in microfluidic systems

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-216

  Zhu, Guiping ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acoustic; DEP; Magnetic; Microfluidics; Optical; Particle sorting

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MICROFLUIDICS;

EXTERNAL FIELDS; MAGNETIC; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; OPTICAL; PARTICLE SORTING; SORTING PROCEDURE; WORKING MECHANISMS;

SCREENING;

EID: 78651527550     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876402911002030202     Document Type: Article

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