Measuring the temperature of fluid in a micro-channel using thermochromic liquid crystals

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 803-814

  Basson, Meir ^a,b   Pottebaum, Tait S ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL FORMS; INTERFACES AND SURFACES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; LIGHT SCATTER; LINEAR TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; MACRO SCALE; MEMS SWITCHES; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-SCALES; PIV TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION FILTERING; STATIONARY FLUIDS; THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; WHITE LIGHT;

INK JET PRINTERS; THERMOMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84868627298     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-012-1326-0     Document Type: Article

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