Operational-modes of field-flow fractionation in microfluidic channels

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1233, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-108

  Shendruk, T N ^a   Slater, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fax n's law; Field flow fractionation; Hydrodynamic chromatography; Microfluidic separation; Steric mode FFF

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HEIGHT; CRITICAL DEVICE; DEVICE DESIGN; ELUTION ORDER; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; PARTICLE SURFACE; RETENTION RATIO; SEPARATION BEHAVIOUR; STERIC-MODE FFF;

FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEPARATION;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELUTION; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FRACTIONATION, FIELD FLOW; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84858616404     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.01.061     Document Type: Article

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