Synchronous universal droplet logic and control

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 588-596

  Katsikis, Georgios ^a   Cybulski, James S ^a   Prakash, Manu ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DROPS; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NICKEL ALLOYS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; DROPLET HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; INDIVIDUAL DROPLETS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PARALLEL MANIPULATIONS; ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

EID: 84934867826     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3341     Document Type: Article

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