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A Microfluidic-based Hydrodynamic Trap for Single Particles
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A Microfluidic-based Hydrodynamic Trap for Single Particles

Published on: January 21, 2011

Study of microscale hydraulic jump phenomenon for hydrodynamic trap-and-release of microparticles

Younggeun Park, Yeonho Choi, Debkishore Mitra

    Applied Physics Letters
    |November 9, 2010
    PubMed

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