Moving Liquids with Sound: The Physics of Acoustic Droplet Ejection for Robust Laboratory Automation in Life Sciences

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-18

  Hadimioglu, Babur ^a   Stearns, Richard ^a   Ellson, Richard ^a  

^a Labcyte Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic droplet ejection; ADE; DFA; dynamic fluid analysis

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLUIDS; LIQUIDS;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ACOUSTIC DROPLET EJECTIONS; ACOUSTIC TRANSFER; ADE; DFA; DYNAMIC FLUIDS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION;

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ACOUSTICS; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LIQUID; PHYSICS; SOUND; DEVICES; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ACOUSTICS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84955477520     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2211068215615096     Document Type: Article

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