A self-converging atomized mist spray device using surface acoustic wave

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 701-710

  Yabe, Atsushi ^a   Hamate, Yuichiro ^a,b   Hara, Motoaki ^a   Oguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Nagasawa, Sumito ^a   Kuwano, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nobby Tech Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomizer; MEMS; Microfluidics; SAW

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ATOMIZERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MEMS; MICROFLUIDICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAWING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; INTERDIGITAL TRANSDUCER; KEY FEATURE; PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; PLANAR-SHAPED; SUBMILLIMETERS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE ATOMIZER; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 84920252579     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1358-2     Document Type: Article

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