Glow discharge in microfluidic chips for visible analog computing.
Here we present a novel visible analog computing approach for solving a wide class of shortest path problems. Using a microfluidic chip for computation, based on the lighting up of a glow discharge, the solution to maze search problems, the solution of a network shortest path and k-shortest paths problems and the practical application of finding the shortest paths between several landmarks from a street map are presented. The solution and visible display (in real time) for these problems shows only a small difference in practical problem solving time among problems with varying differences in size.
Reyes
Darwin R
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Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UKSW7 2AY.
Ghanem
Moustafa M
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Whitesides
George M
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Manz
Andreas
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