Generation of tunable and pulsatile concentration gradients via microfluidic network

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 175-184

  Zhou, Bingpu ^a   Xu, Wei ^b   Wang, Cong ^a   Chau, Yeungyeung ^a   Zeng, Xiping ^a   Zhang, Xi Xiang ^b   Shen, Rong ^c   Wen, Weijia ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SILICONES;

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; EXTERNAL SIGNALS; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS; PNEUMATIC-ACTUATED VALVES; TEMPORAL CONCENTRATIONS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84922000426     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1432-9     Document Type: Article

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