A facile on-demand droplet microfluidic system for lab-on-a-chip applications

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 667-675

  Zhou, Hongbo ^a,b   Yao, Shuhuai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Droplet on demand; Microfluidics; Pressure control; Solenoid valve

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; PRESSURE CONTROL; SOLENOID VALVES;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; HIGH-SPEED SOLENOID VALVE; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP APPLICATIONS; ON DEMANDS; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84899847799     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1268-8     Document Type: Article

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