Design of pressure-driven microfluidic networks using electric circuit analogy

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 515-545

  Oh, Kwang W ^a   Lee, Kangsun ^a   Ahn, Byungwook ^a   Furlani, Edward P ^b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVICES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FLOW RATE; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84862908073     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2lc20799k     Document Type: Review

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