Microfluidic Technologies for Miniaturized Analysis Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hardt, Steffen (Editor), Schönfeld, Friedhelm (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Fluid mechanics.; Nanotechnology.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Biomedical engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

Microfluidic Technologies for Miniaturized Analysis Systems provides a comprehensive overview of the fluidic aspects of Lab-on-a-Chip technology. This book describes the most important and state-of-the-art microfluidic technologies and the underlying principles utilized in the implementation of flui...

Table of Contents:

• Microfluidics: Fundamentals and Engineering Concepts
• Electrohydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Micropumps
• Mixing in Microscale
• Control of Liquids by Surface Energies
• Electrowetting: Thermodynamic Foundation and Application to Microdevices
• Magnetic Beads in Microfluidic Systems – Towards New Analytical Applications
• Manipulation of Microobjects by Optical Tweezers
• Dielectrophoretic Microfluidics
• Ultrasonic Particle Manipulation
• Electrophoresis in Microfluidic Systems
• Chromatography in Microstructures
• Microscale Field-Flow Fractionation: Theory and Practice
• Nucleic Acid Amplification in Microsystems
• Cytometry on Microfluidic Chips.