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A scalable approach for high throughput branch flow filtration

Inglis et al., 2013

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Inglis D
Herman N
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Microfluidic continuous flow filtration methods have the potential for very high size resolution using minimum feature sizes that are larger than the separation size, thereby circumventing the problem of clogging. Branch flow filtration is particularly promising because it has an …
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