Transient flow of microcapsules through convergent-divergent microchannels

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 761-770

  Leclerc, E ^a   Kinoshita, H ^b   FujiiT , ^b   Barthes Biesel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convergent divergentmicrochannels; Microcapsules; Transient flows

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BEHAVIOR-BASED; COMPLEX FLOW; CONVERGENT DIVERGENTMICROCHANNELS; CROSS-SECTION VALUES; EXPONENTIAL RELAXATION; GLASS CAPILLARIES; MICROCAPSULES; MICROFLUIDIC METHOD; OVALBUMINS; SIZE RATIO; STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT FLOW;

DEFORMATION; MICROFLUIDICS; SILICONES; TRANSITION FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84858757379     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0907-1     Document Type: Article

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