Paper:
Atomization and Stirring of Droplets Using Surface Acoustic Wave for Integrated Droplet Manipulation
Akio Yamamoto*, Masahiro Nishimura*, Yutaka Ooishi**,
Nobuhiro Tsukada*, and Toshiro Higuchi*
*University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
**Hitachi, ltd., 1070 Ichige, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8506, Japan
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