Inertial particle separation by differential equilibrium positions in a symmetrical serpentine micro-channel

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Yan, Sheng ^a   Sluyter, Ronald ^a,b   Li, Weihua ^a   Alici, Gursel ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b ILLAWARRA HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84897424146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04527     Document Type: Article

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