Influence of geometry on hydrodynamic focusing and long-range fluid behavior in PDMS microfluidic chips

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 795-803

  Kunstmann Olsen, Casper ^a   Hoyland, James D ^a   Rubahn, Horst Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic focusing; Junction geometry; Microfluidics; PDMS chip

Indexed keywords

FLUID BEHAVIOR; FOCUSING EFFECT; HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MIDDLE SECTION; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PDMS CHIPS; SIDE-CHANNEL; STRAIGHT CHANNEL; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATIO;

FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

FOCUSING;

EID: 84860840702     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0923-1     Document Type: Article

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