Leveraging stimuli responsive hydrogels for on/off control of mixing

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 722-726

  Prettyman, Jacob B ^a   Eddington, David T ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogels; Microfluidic mixing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MIXERS; DEVICE DESIGN; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; FLUID STREAMS; HYDROGEL ACTUATORS; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC MIXERS; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING; MIXING EFFICIENCY; ON/OFF CONTROL; PASSIVE MIXERS; PH-RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; TWO-FLUID;

EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PH;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 79959657999     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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