Optimising a vortex fluidic device for controlling chemical reactivity and selectivity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yasmin, Lyzu ^a   Chen, Xianjue ^a   Stubbs, Keith A ^a   Raston, Colin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; DEVICES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84884318377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02282     Document Type: Article

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