Droplet coalescence in microfluidic systems

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-136

  Xu, Bin ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Wong, Teck Neng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Droplet based; Fusion; Microfluidics; Mixing

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DROPS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FUSION REACTIONS; MIXING;

BASIC THEORY; DROPLET COALESCENCE; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP APPLICATIONS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO-REACTOR;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 80052922059     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876402911103020131     Document Type: Article

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