Microfluidics and microchip electrophoresis offer advantages for clinical analysis like fast analysis, small sample volumes, low power, and integration of multiple sample manipulation processes into a compact format 4,5. Comments regarding my fluidics and microfluidics design and analysis work during the last several years i have become a dedicated student of fluid dynamics, both at the bench and using the finite element analysis fea method with flexpde and comsol solvers. Microfluidics introduces basic no frills microfluidizer. This book will deal with the basic physical principles involved in microfluidics. Chung and david erickson received 29th august 2008, accepted 31st october 2008 first published as an advance article on the web 24th november 2008 doi. Polydimethylsiloxane pdms microfluidic devices, though they are commonly utilized in microfluidic applications, have several limitations, such as shortterm modified surface condition, swelling in the presence of organic solvents, and deformation under high. Digital microfluidics open chips microfluidic probes mfp microarrays external pressure capillary effect electrokinetic mechanisms electrowettingon. Microfluidics is the science that studies about the process or manipulation of fluids in a channel with the range of small volumes from microliters 10 6 to picoliters 10 12 and the. It has applications in chemical engineering, pharmaceutics, biotechnology and medicine. A strong motivation in microfluidic research comes from the. Make reasonable decisions about the microfluidic device, selection, options and performance.
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Universityofljubljana facultyofmathematicsandphysics. Urbanski david craig mit hatsopoulos microfluids laboratory prof. Microfluidics enables biotechnological processes to proceed on a scale microns at which physical processes such as osmotic movement, electrophoreticmotility and surface interactions become enhanced. Surface area to volume ratio surface area is another factor that becomes important at the microscale. As the labonachip systems grow in complexity, a proper theoretical understanding becomes increasingly important. Microfluidics is a leader in innovative technology and comprehensive solutions for formulations requiring repeatability and for the production of uniformly distributed nanoparticles. Microfluidics, merging technology and biology 5 the resemblance in typical size between the channels in manmade microfluidic devices and the blood vessel in the vascular system is not accidental.
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