Elastic magnetic membrane for improved mixing in microwells

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 232-236

  Chong, Zhuang Zhi ^a   Sim, Wee Jun ^a   Yeo, Ze Ting ^a   Li, King Ho ^a   Ng, Sum Huan ^b   Xia, Huanming ^b   Wong, Teck Neng ^a   Loh, Ngiap Hiang ^a   Tor, Shu Beng ^a   Tan, Say Hwa ^c   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actuator and microfluidics; Elastic; Magnetic; Membrane; Microwells; Mixing; PDMS

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETISM; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; SILICONES;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ELASTIC; MAGNETIC; MICROWELLS; PDMS; PEAK-TO-PEAK DEFLECTION; PERIODIC DEFLECTION; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS;

MAGNETIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 84930973393     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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