Liquid-liquid fluorescent waveguides using microfluidic-drifting-induced hydrodynamic focusing

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-217

  Lim, Jong Min ^a   Kim, Se Heon ^a   Yang, Seung Man ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dean vortex; Microfluidics; Optofluidics; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; DEAN VORTEX; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; IN-PLANE; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MICRO TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTO-FLUIDICS; PDMS MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; PROPAGATION LOSS; SPACE-BASED;

CLADDING (COATING); FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 79551479292     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0649-5     Document Type: Article

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