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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"microfluidic mixing"”.
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Novel methods for microfluidic mixing and control
Microfluidics is a constantly evolving area of research. The implementation of new technologies and fabrication processes offers novel methodologies to solve existing problems. There are currently a large number of established techniques to address issues associated with microscale mixing and …
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Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) optimization of microfluidic mixing in a MEMS steam generator
The challenge of achieving rapid mixing in microchannels is addressed through a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study using the ADINA-F finite element program. The study is motivated by the need to design an adequate mixing chamber for aqueous chemical reactants in a micro steam generator. The …
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Directed Assembly of Three-Dimensional Microvascular Networks
… of 3-D microvascular networks enables microfluidic devices with unparallel geometric complexity. In one example, a 3-D microfluidic mixing device was demonstrated with square-spiral mixing towers isolated within the vascular network by a secondary photopatterning process. These vertical …
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Development & Application of Fluorescence Spectroscopy & Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging to Biology & Medicine
… potentials; image analysis for FLIM; and, a microfluidic mixing device for accessing microsecond reaction kinetics.
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Development &Amp; Application of Fluorescence Spectroscopy &Amp; Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging to Biology &Amp; Medicine
… potentials; image analysis for FLIM; and, a microfluidic mixing device for accessing microsecond reaction kinetics.
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A Microfludic Assay Device for Study of Cell Migration on ECM-mimicking Suspended Nanofibers in Presence of Biochemical Cues
… challenges, this thesis focused on developing a microfluidic assay device which utilizes a reductionist approach to study single cell chemotaxis on aligned, suspended ECM-mimicking nanofibers. The device is comprised of a network of microfluidic mixing channels which produce a temporally …
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Formulation of non-ionic surfactant vesicles for therapeutic delivery of siRNA in cancer treatment
… hydration method (TFH), heating method, and microfluidic mixing. The formation of spherical nanoparticles was confirmed by examining the morphology of the NISV prepared by the three methods with atomic force microscopy (AFM) or scanning electron microscopy (SEM). TFH and heating methods were …
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Artificial Micro-Devices: Armoured Microbubbles and a Magnetically Driven Cilium
… as artificial microswimmers or facilitate microfluidic mixing in a channel when held stationary on a wall. Secondly, we study an artificial cilium, which due to its unique design, when placed in an array, easily produces a metachronal wave for fluid transportation. The Armoured Microbubble …
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Microfludic point of care platforms for the detection of viruses, proteins, and nucleic acids
… mitigating the damages caused by the diseases. Microfluidics platforms have proven valuable in the advancement of point-of-care diagnostics by allowing for portable devices that can perform entire assays with minimal training from the user. This thesis describes a point-of-care platform for the …
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Microfludic point of care platforms for the detection of viruses, proteins, and nucleic acids
… mitigating the damages caused by the diseases. Microfluidics platforms have proven valuable in the advancement of point-of-care diagnostics by allowing for portable devices that can perform entire assays with minimal training from the user. This thesis describes a point-of-care platform for the …
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Application of the Vortex Fluid Device (VFD) in Polysulfone Synthesis and Ultra-filtration Membrane Fabrication for water treatment purposes
… a combination of different effects (e.g., micro-mixing, viscous drag, microfluidic flow, enhanced mass transfer) all resulting in faster, greener, and more efficient and better controlled chemical reactions. The main aims of this project are: (i) to investigate the utility of VFD processing in an …
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Sonoptics : applications of light and sound in the context of biomedicine
… physiological circulation) can be simpli ed as a microfluidic system. One strategy for bubble mediated therapy involves the use of a pro-drug approach, that is, when two otherwise benign ingredients are loaded onto separate microbubble populations, but can become mixed at the anatomical target …
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Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles for Cytokine Delivery
… that LbL assembly is readily performed via microfluidic mixing technology amenable for clinical-scale manufacturing. We also find that we can titrate the polymer amount used to omit time-consuming purification steps. We also find that the LbL film conformation is key to maintaining …
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Controlling the structure and dynamics of magnetoresponsive particle suspensions for enhanced transport phenomena
… open up the possibility of tuning the degree of mixing or heat/mass transfer for specific operating conditions in a number of processes, ranging from the microscale to the industrial scale. Moreover, the very nature of magnetism provides for the manipulation of magnetic materials in a noncontact …