Particle focusing in curved microfluidic channels

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Martel, Joseph M ^a,b   Toner, Mehmet ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84890083834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03340     Document Type: Article

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