Modeling and experimental characterization of pressure drop in gravity-driven microfluidic systems

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Maki, Antti Juhana ^a,b   Hemmila, Samu ^a,b   Hirvonen, Juha ^a   Girish, Nathaniel Narra ^a,b   Kreutzer, Joose ^a,b   Hyttinen, Jari ^a,b   Kallio, Pasi ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology   (Finland)

Author keywords

analytical; gravity driven; microfluidic; modeling; passive pump

Indexed keywords

MODELS;

ANALYTICAL; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; GRAVITY-DRIVEN; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; PASSIVE PUMPS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84907938524     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4028501     Document Type: Article

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