Droplet manipulations in two phase flow microfluidics

Micromachines

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1768-1793

  Pit, Arjen M ^a   Duits, Michèl H G ^a   Mugele, Frieder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Droplet; Lab on a chip; Manipulation; Microfluidics; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; DROPS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; DROPLET MANIPULATION; DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTROSTATIC TRAP; MANIPULATION; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; TUNABILITIES;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84949548197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi6111455     Document Type: Review

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