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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Fluidics"”.
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A Vitreoretinal Surgery System Fluidics Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
… failure mode and effects analysis on the fluidics sub-module of a vitreoretinal surgery system is an imperative part to new product development.
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Monolithic Integration of Fluidics, Electronics, and Photonics using CMOS Foundry Processes
… wirebonding and low-cost thermoplastic microfluidics is developed for gaining fluidic and electrical access to the CMOS nanofluidic chip. Low-noise and single photon sensitive photodetectors are presented as a means for optical detection of fluorophores. Lastly, capitalizing on this …
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High-throughput real-time sensing in optomechanical systems with opto-mechano-fluidics
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 121157 Lift date: 2024-01-12T22:51:46Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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High-throughput sensing of bulk fluids and freely flowing particles with opto-mechano-fluidics
High-Q optical resonators have revolutionized label-free sensing of nanoparticles, down to the resolution of individual viruses and single molecules. However, these laboratory demonstrations commonly encounter practical constraints that remain unresolved. Specifically, optical resonator detection …
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Developing a microfluidic-microwave platform for real-time, non-invasive and sensitive monitoring of pathogens and antibiotic susceptibility testing
Microfluidics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are areas of studies that have become highly valued for their point-of-care (POC) and high-throughput potential, particularly in healthcare and biomedical applications. However, lab-on-a-chip devices often require supplementary equipment to …
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Optofluidic microchip for biomedical and chemical sensing
… the integration of optoelectronics and micro-fluidics, the combination of which is known as optofluidics, for the creation of powerful chemical and biomedical diagnostic microchips. The design and fabri-cation of system components such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, …
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Growing a second skin : towards synthetic biology in product design
… distinct projects: DNA assembly in 3D printed fluidics and Mushtari, a fluidic wearable designed to contain cyanobacteria and E. coli cultures. Contributions include (1) characterizing the resolution of three 3D printing methods for creating fluidic channels, (2) demonstrating compatibility of …
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Functional genomic and transcriptomic tools for spatial and dynamic phenotypes
… of these optical pooled screens, we also built a fluidics platform for automated in situ sequencing. Finally, we leveraged retroviral polyproteins to package cellular RNAs for non-destructive measurements, enabling longitudinal recording of transcriptional states in living cells. Together, this …
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Development of standard components for multi-degrees-of-freedom mems positioning stages with closed-loop feedback
… a variety of fields such as electronics, micro-fluidics, bio-medical applications, and MEMS in micro-electro-mechanical systems. These miniaturized devices have advantages such as higher efficiency, less power consumption, and higher sensitivity than their macro counterparts. Especially, …
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Computational analysis of non-isothermal flow of non-Newtonian fluids
… various conditions is a model problem in bio-fluidics and in process industries. We investigate a class of such fluids and flows under conditions of heat and/or mass transfer. Experiments have shown that under certain flow conditions, some complex fluids (e.g. worm-like micellar solutions and …
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A Platform for Microbial Evolution and Characterization
… eight chamber, turbidostat with multiplexed fluidics. The design of the Flexostat is open sourced and has accompanying detailed assembly instructions. Modularity of the design also enables users to rapidly create derivative devices without needed to adapt unrelated components of the device. …
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Biologically inspired transparent material as an energy system
… The hypothesis demonstratesnature’s use of fluidics to direct the structural assembly of a polymer into a thermallyfunctional device, to actively regulate solar radiation as an IR absorber, to lower thepolymer device phase transition temperature. This research determines thisfunctionality by …
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Opto-fluidic neural probes for optogenetic brain interrogation
… to support the development of a state-of-the-art fluidics neural probe platform.
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Building and controlling fluidically actuated soft robots : from open loop to model-based control
… of deformable elastomer materials and powered by fluidics. We embed soft fluidic actuators into self-contained soft robotic systems, such as fish for underwater exploration or soft arms for dynamic manipulation. We present models describing the physical characteristics of these continuously …
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Thermal Transport Across Nano Engineered Solid-Liquid Interfaces
… energy conversion devices, micro/nano fluidics devices, energy storage system, drug delivery, and to understand different biological systems. The present work focuses on the fundamental understanding of thermal transport across solid-liquid interfaces having different characteristics …
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Development of micro fluidic based devices for studying tumour biology and evaluating treatment response in head and neck cancer biopsies
… response of tumours from distinct sites.Micro fluidics relates to the science of systems that process or manipulate small amounts of fluids within micro channels. When applied in biology, the technology enables the production of simple, robust and highly versatile systems for studying cells and …
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Development of a hydrogel-based microfluidic model of the lymph node
… of the 3D cellular system with built-in fluidics, I applied the model to different context. Initially, PMA/Ionomycin, a strong cell activator, was perfused to obtain a general activation response. Then, LPS was used to trigger a reaction to a bacteria-derived antigen. Finally, using the …
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Nonlinear Photonics in Waveguides for Telecommunications
… in electro-optic organic materials, fibers/micro-fluidics integration, and nonlinear optics have significant potential for higher bandwidth modulation and temporal/spectral control. The work presented in this dissertation demonstrates the use of various nonlinear optical effects in new photonic …
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Silicon processing for microfluidic neuroprobes
Neural circuit processing is a poorly understood area of biology, but is critical to the development of novel biotechnologies for neurological disorders and neural networks for machine learning. One approach to overcome this deficiency in knowledge is to treat the brain as a black box that can be …
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