Nonclogging Resistive Pulse Sensing with Electrohydrodynamic Cone-Jet Bridges

Physical Review X

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Yuejun ^a   Bober, David B ^a   Chen, Chuan Hua ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid Dynamics; Interdisciplinary Physics; Soft Matter

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COULTER COUNTERS; COULTER COUNTING; CURRENT CHANGE; CURRENT OSCILLATION; DIAMETER RATIO; INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS; LIQUID BRIDGE; RADIAL POLARIZATION; SOFT MATTER; TAYLOR CONE;

FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 84865063244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.1.021007     Document Type: Article

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