A dynamic micromixer for arbitrary control of disguised chemical selectivity.
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SUBMITTER: Coti KK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2878177 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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A dynamic micromixer for arbitrary control of disguised chemical selectivity.
Cotí Karla K KK Wang Yanju Y Lin Wei-Yu WY Chen Chia-Chun CC Tak For Yu Zeta Z Liu Kan K Shen Clifton K-F CK Selke Matthias M Yeh Anchi A Lu Weixing W Tseng Hsian-Rong HR
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20080523 29
A new type of dynamic micromixer combining the concepts of parallel multi-lamination and hydrodynamic focusing was developed for arbitrary control of disguised chemical selectivity. ...[more]
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