Digital microfluidics with bubble manipulations by dielectrophoresis

International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-74

  Fan, Shih Kang ^a   Lin, Di Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bubble; Dielectrophoresis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865272577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22239766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5875/ausmt.v2i1.120     Document Type: Article

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