Precise droplet volume measurement and electrode-based volume metering in digital microfluidics

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 295-303

  Liu, Yuguang ^a   Banerjee, Ananda ^a   Papautsky, Ian ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital microfluidics; Droplet generation; Droplet volume metering; Electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD); Virtual electrowetting microchannels

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTRODES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCHANNELS; WETTING;

CONTINUOUS ELECTROWETTING; DROPLET GENERATION; DROPLET VOLUME; ELECTRO WETTING; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS; FEEDBACK SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; NANOSCALE DROPLETS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84904819557     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1318-2     Document Type: Article

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