Self-assembly in micro-and nanofluidic devices: A review of recent efforts

Micromachines

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-48

  Khoo, Hwa Seng ^a   Lin, Cheng ^b   Huang, Shih Hao ^c   Tseng, Fan Gang ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Building block; Micro and nanofluidic; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; MICROELECTRONICS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BUILDING BLOCKES; CONTINUOUS PROCESSING; INDISPENSABLE TOOLS; NANO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NANOSCOPIC OBJECTS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SELF-ASSEMBLING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84055188391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi2010017     Document Type: Review

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