Electrokinetics and Electrohydrodynamics in Microsystems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ramos, Antonio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: CISM Courses and Lectures, 530
• Subjects: Engineering.; Biotechnology.; Chemical engineering.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.
• Physical Description: VIII, 300 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783709109007
• ISSN: 0254-1971 ;

Among the most promising techniques to handle small objects at the micrometer scale are those that employ electrical forces, which have the advantages of voltage-based control and dominance over other forces. The book provides a state-of-the-art knowledge on both theoretical and applied aspects of the electrical manipulation of colloidal particles and fluids in microsystems and covers the folllowing topics: dielectrophoresis, electrowetting, electrohydrodynamics in microsystems, and electrokinetics of fluids and particles. The book is addressed to doctoral students, young or senior researchers, chemical engineers and/or biotechnologists with an interest in microfluidics, alb-on-chip or MEMS.