Milking liquid nano-droplets by an IR laser: A new modality for the visualization of electric field lines

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Vespini, Veronica ^a   Coppola, Sara ^a   Grilli, Simonetta ^a   Paturzo, Melania ^a   Ferraro, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

electrohydrodynamic (EHD); IR laser

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHIPS; DROPS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MICROARRAYS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

CHARACTERIZATION PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC FIELD LINES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC (EHD); IR LASERS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS TECHNOLOGY; PYROELECTRIC CRYSTALS; REQUIRED FUNCTIONALITIES;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 84875388050     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/24/4/045203     Document Type: Article

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