Electrowetting: Thermodynamic foundation and application to microdevices

Microfluidic Technologies for Miniaturized Analysis Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 203-239

  Moon, Hyejin ^a   Kim, Chang Jin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84865245144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68424-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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