Non-encapsulated thermo-liquid crystals for digital particle tracking thermography/velocimetry in microfluidics

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 445-456

  Segura, Rodrigo ^a   Cierpka, Christian ^a   Rossi, Massimiliano ^a   Joseph, Sonja ^b   Bunjes, Heike ^b   Kähler, Christian J ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Individual; Microfluidics; Multi variable calibration; Non encapsulated; Thermo liquid crystal; Thermography; TLC

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; EMULSIFICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROFLUIDICS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ENGINEERING INNOVATIONS; INDIVIDUAL; MULTI VARIABLES; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-ENCAPSULATED; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SHIRASU-POROUS-GLASS MEMBRANE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84878567485     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1063-y     Document Type: Article

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