AC electrified jets in a flow-focusing device: Jet length scaling

Biomicrofluidics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Castro Hernández, Elena ^a   García Sánchez, Pablo ^a   Alzaga Gimeno, Javier ^a   Tan, Say Hwa ^b   Baret, Jean Christophe ^c,d   Ramos, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; LIQUIDS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

DISTRIBUTED ELEMENTS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; FLOW FOCUSING DEVICES; INTEGRATED ELECTRODES; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCIES; LIQUID CONDUCTIVITY; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS;

EID: 84974808025     PISSN: 19321058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4954194     Document Type: Article

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