A compact, low-cost microliter-range liquid dispenser based on expandable microspheres

This work presents a new low-cost liquid dispenser for the dispensing of microliters to milliliter volumes. The dispensing mechanism is based on a thermal actuator where highly expandable microsphe ...

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