Electrostatically-actuated reconfigurable elastomer microfluidics

Technical Digest - Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 122-125

  Chang, Meng Ping ^a   Maharbiz, Michel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSYSTEMS; PLASTICS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

ACTUATION VOLTAGES; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; FABRICATION PROCESS; FILLED ELASTOMERS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBERS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 79953782873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.31438/trf.hh2008.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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