Microfluidic encoding: Generation of arbitrary droplet sequences by electrical switching in microchannels

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-297

  Budden, Matthias ^a   Schneider, Steffen ^a   Groß, G Alexander ^a   Kielpinski, Mark ^b   Henkel, Thomas ^b   Cahill, Brian ^c   Köhler, J Michael ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Photonic Technology   (Germany)

^c Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurement Techniques   (Germany)

Author keywords

Droplet sequences; Electrical actuation; Encoding; Fluid pattern; Micro droplets; Micro fluid segments; Segment on demand; Switching

Indexed keywords

AC FIELD; COPPER ELECTRODES; DROPLET MOTION; ELECTRICAL ACTUATION; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRICAL SWITCHING; FIELD-INDUCED; FLUID SEGMENTS; HIGH RELIABILITY; IMAGE-BASED; MICRO DROPLETS; MICRO FLUID SEGMENTS; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; NANOLITERS; ON-LINE IMAGING; SEGMENT ON DEMAND; SEGMENT PATTERN; SHAPE RELAXATIONS; SWITCHING EFFECT; SWITCHING OPERATIONS; TETRADECANE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MICROFLUIDICS; SWITCHING;

DROPS;

EID: 84870525771     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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