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Tuned-in flow control

Nature Physics volume 5, pages 178–179 (2009)Cite this article

Analogues of the resistors, capacitors and diodes of an electronic circuit could eliminate the need for bulky external pumps to control the flow of liquids in a microfluidic circuit.

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Figure 1: Building a resonant microfluidic circuit.

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