DropBot: An open-source digital microfluidic control system with precise control of electrostatic driving force and instantaneous drop velocity measurement

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2013, Pages

  Fobel, Ryan ^a,b   Fobel, Christian ^c   Wheeler, Aaron R ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE CAPACITANCE; DEVICE RELIABILITY; ELECTROSTATIC DRIVING; LABORATORY OPERATIONS; MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL; PRECISE CONTROL; REAL TIME MONITORING; RESISTIVE FORCES;

DROPS; ELECTROSTATICS; LOADING;

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84877966511     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807118     Document Type: Article

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