Microfabricated all-around-electrode AC electroosmotic pump with simple design and increased velocity generation

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1057-1060

  Ribetto, L ^a   Homsy, A ^a   De Rooij, N F ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC ELECTROOSMOSIS; ELECTROOSMOTIC; ELECTROOSMOTIC PUMPS; FABRICATION PROCESS; GAS GENERATION; MICRO PUMP; MICROFABRICATED; SIMPLE APPROACH;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROOSMOSIS; MEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84860491925     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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