Fabrication of digital microfluidic devices on flexible paper-based and rigid substrates via screen printing

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Yafia, Mohamed ^a   Shukla, Saurabh ^a   Najjaran, Homayoun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

digital microfluidics; paper microfluidics; screen printing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; COSTS; DIGITAL DEVICES; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; SUBSTRATES;

AUTOMATED MACHINES; DROPLET TRANSPORT; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; FABRICATION METHOD; PAPER BASED DEVICES; PRINTING TECHNIQUES; RIGID AND FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES; SCREEN PRINTING TECHNIQUE;

SCREEN PRINTING;

EID: 84927932942     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/25/5/057001     Document Type: Article

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