Liquid crystal droplet production in a microfluidic device
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Liquid Crystals Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713926090 Liquid crystal droplet production in a microfluidic device Benjamin D. Hamlington a; Benjamin Steinhaus a; James J. Feng b; Darren Link c; Michael J. Shelley d; Amy Q. Shen a a Mechanical and Aerospace Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA b Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada c Raindance Technologies, USA d Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2007