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Urbanski david craig mit hatsopoulos microfluids laboratory prof. Electrostatic charging and control of droplets in microfluidic devices hongbo zhoua,b and shuhuai yaoa a department of mechanical engineering, the hong kong university of science and technology, hong kong, china. Electrokinetic flow diagnostics stanford university. Electrokinetics in microfluidic channels containing a. Here, high frequency mhz electric fields are used to exploit the fact that an electric field gradient produces a force on a dipole. Department of mechanical engineering, the hong kong university of science and technology, hong kong, china. Pdf a digital microfluidic electrochemical immunoassay. Landry, brandon born, michael wiltshire, christopher m.
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