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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Microfludic"”.
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Microfludic point of care platforms for the detection of viruses, proteins, and nucleic acids
Point-of-care diagnostics are critical to the advancement of patient healthcare by allowing for rapid and sensitive diagnoses that will allow patients to get better care as fast as possible, particularly in low resource areas where access to hospital labs may be poor or during epidemic and pandemic …
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Microfludic point of care platforms for the detection of viruses, proteins, and nucleic acids
Point-of-care diagnostics are critical to the advancement of patient healthcare by allowing for rapid and sensitive diagnoses that will allow patients to get better care as fast as possible, particularly in low resource areas where access to hospital labs may be poor or during epidemic and pandemic …
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A Microfludic Assay Device for Study of Cell Migration on ECM-mimicking Suspended Nanofibers in Presence of Biochemical Cues
Eukaryotic cell chemotaxis, or directed cell migration in response to a chemoeffector gradient, plays a central role in many important biological process such as wound healing, cancer metastasis, and embryogenesis. In vivo, cells migrate on fibrous ECM, but chemotaxis studies are typically …
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Surface wettability studies of PDMS using flame plasma treatment
… to be used in rapid manufacturing of PDMS microfludic devices.
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Fabrication, Metrology, and Transport Characteristics of Single Polymeric Nanopores in Three-Dimensional Hybrid Microfluidic/nanofluidic Devices
… between microfluidic channels to form hybrid microfludic/nanofluidic architectures allows the extension of microfluidic systems into the third dimension, thus removing the constraints imposed by planarity. Measuring and understanding the behavior of these devices creates new analytical …
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MEMS-based temperature-dependent characterization of biomolecular interactions
… also presented. Using a platform that combines microfludic sample handling, on-chip temperature control, and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, we have studied the temperature dependence of the structural dynamics of transfer RNA (tRNA) translocation through ribosome in …
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Development of a novel chip-based platform for long-term neuronal culture, stimulation, and imaging
… to be used in rapid manufacturing of PDMS microfludic devices. the MEA. However, to receive better results, the laboratory will plasma treat the surfaces to allow better contact between the surfaces.
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PCR-Slide: a modular and cascadable platform for DNA sample processing with integrated nanoliter dosage
… of polycarbonate, consisting merely of simple microfludic structures that can be produced cost-effectively. This means that the PCR-Slide can be realized as a low-cost disposable. Despite the simplicity of the structures, they evolve a high degree of functionality, enabling the parallel …
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An electrical microcytometer for portable blood analysis in global health applications
… techniques have been used to create a microfludic biochip, which uses electrical impedance sensing to analyze small sample volumes (~10 µL) of blood. The biochip progressively gains more functionality during the study. First, a chip was designed to confirm that the electrical impedance …
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Microfluidic electrochemical sensors for the selective detection of toxic compounds
This thesis details the use and optimization of several different analyte selective, liquid based detection chemistries, as well as the micro-fluidic device platforms which enable these sensors to be operated in a practical, effective manner. The majority of the work in this thesis involves an …