Droplet bistability and its application to droplet control

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 685-693

  Lee, Beomjoon ^a   Yoo, Jung Yul ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bistability; Droplet; Droplet traffic control; Microfluidic logic

Indexed keywords

BISTABLE MECHANISMS; BISTABLES; CHANNEL DESIGN; CRITICAL FLOW RATE; DROPLET; DROPLET TRAFFIC; GREEN LIGHT; HYDRODYNAMIC RESISTANCE; INLET CHANNELS; LAPLACE PRESSURE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NOVEL METHODS; PRECISE CONTROL; PROCESSING SIGNAL; RED LIGHT;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CAPILLARY FLOW; GEOMETRY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 84855937922     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0834-1     Document Type: Article

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