Time limitations and geometrical parameters in the design of microfluidic comparators

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-373

  Cartas Ayala, Marco A ^a   Karnik, Rohit ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cells; Droplets; Hydrodynamic resistance; Lab on a chip; Mechanical properties; Microfluidic manometer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); DESIGN; DIAGNOSIS; DROPS; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCHANNELS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CHANNEL EXPANSIONS; CONVECTIVE TIME-SCALE; HYDRODYNAMIC RESISTANCE; MICROFLUIDIC ENVIRONMENT; MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84904816476     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1302-x     Document Type: Article

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