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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 137347, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/137347
Research Article

Study on Microchannel Design and Burst Frequency Detection for Centrifugal Microfluidic System

Yaw-Jen Chang,1 Shia-Chung Chen,1,2,3 and Cheng-Li Hsu1

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
2R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan
3R&D Center for Mold and Molding Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan

Received 19 October 2012; Revised 2 January 2013; Accepted 2 January 2013

Academic Editor: Dachamir Hotza

Copyright © 2013 Yaw-Jen Chang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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