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Liu, CH. (2014). Bubble-Actuated Microfluidic Switch. In: Li, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27758-0_131-2

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