Plug-and-play microvalve and micropump for rapid integration with microfluidic chips

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 557-564

  Shaegh, Seyed Ali Mousavi ^a,c   Wang, Zhenfeng ^a   Ng, Sum Huan ^a   Wu, Ruige ^a   Nguyen, Huu Tuan ^b   Chan, Leon Cong Zhi ^a   Toh, Alicia Guek Geok ^a   Wang, Zhiping ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPRESSED AIR; FABRICATION; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SURFACE TREATMENT; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BONDING PROCESS; BONDING STRENGTH; ELECTRICAL FIELD; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; REVERSIBLE SWITCHES; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

PUMPS;

EID: 84941875874     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-015-1582-4     Document Type: Article

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