A microfluidic electrostatic separator based on pre-charged droplets

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 210, Issue , 2015, Pages 328-335

  Rao, Lang ^a   Cai, Bo ^a   Wang, Jieli ^a   Meng, Qianfang ^a   Ma, Chi ^a   He, Zhaobo ^a   Xu, Junhua ^a   Huang, Qinqin ^a   Li, Shasha ^a   Cen, Yi ^a   Guo, Shishang ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhao, Xing Zhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D electrodes; Cell sorting; Droplet charging; Electric; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MICROFLUIDICS; SEPARATORS;

3-D ELECTRODES; CELL SORTING; CELL VIABILITY ASSAYS; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTRIC; ELECTRIC-SEPARATOR; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELDS;

DROPS;

EID: 84921417083     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.12.057     Document Type: Article

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