Elastomer based tunable optofluidic devices

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3590-3597

  Song, Wuzhou ^a   Vasdekis, Andreas E ^a   Psaltis, Demetri ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; ELASTOMER;

BUILDING MATERIAL; CAMERA; ELASTICITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICS; OPTOFLUIDIC DEVICE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84865256292     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40481h     Document Type: Review

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