Two-phase AC electrothermal fluidic pumping in a coplanar asymmetric electrode array

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 521-529

  Zhang, Rumi ^a   Dalton, Colin ^b   Jullien, Graham A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACEO; ACET; Asymmetric electrode arrays; BioMEMS; DEP; Lab on a chip; Microfluidics; Micropumping

Indexed keywords

ACEO; ACET; ASYMMETRIC ELECTRODES; BIOMEMS; DEP; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROPUMPING;

ELECTRODES; FLOW RATE; PUMPS;

FLUIDS;

EID: 79955962034     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0686-0     Document Type: Article

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