Magnetic liquid marbles, their manipulation and application in optical probing

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-564

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Xu, Zhiguang ^a   Parhizkar, Marzieh ^a   Fang, Jian ^a   Wang, Xungai ^a   Lin, Tong ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Droplet; Liquid marble; Magnetic nanoparticle; Microfluidics; Microreactor

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE DROPLETS; DRUG DISCOVERY; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FRICTIONAL FORCES; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID MARBLE; MAGNETIC FORCE; MAGNETIC LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO-REACTOR; OPTICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL PROBING; THRESHOLD VOLUME; UNIQUE FEATURES;

DROPS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MAGNETISM; MARBLE; MICROFLUIDICS; PROBES; SURFACE TENSION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84871802894     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-0976-9     Document Type: Article

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