A high-shear, low Reynolds number microfluidic rheometer

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 885-894

  Pan, Lichao ^a   Arratia, Paulo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High shear rates; Low Reynolds number flows; Microfluidics; Non Newtonian fluids; Rheometry

Indexed keywords

HIGH SHEAR RATE; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PIEZORESISTIVE PRESSURE SENSORS; PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RHEOMETRY;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PRESSURE SENSORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84877840900     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1124-2     Document Type: Article

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