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Showing 1 to 20 of 606 for “"microfluidics"”.
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Microfluidics for Biomolecular Studies
Large-scale integrated microfluidic networks were designed and fabricated in order to carry out large combinatorial synthesis and screening. The microfluidic devices contained a series of small chambers with a total volume of one nanoliter to contain each of the combinations in the screening …
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Microbial instrumentation utilizing microfluidics
… Advances in microbial instrumentation with microfluidics can break through these challenges. In nature, bacteria live in communities with abundant inter-species chemical communication. To replicate such environments in laboratory conditions, nanoporous microscale microfluidic incubators …
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Microfluidics for bacterial chemotaxis
… importance to scientists and engineers alike. Microfluidics has revolutionized the way we study the motile behavior of cells by enabling observations at high spatial and temporal resolution in carefully controlled microenvironments. This thesis aims to explore the potential of microfluidic …
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Modular LEGO brick microfluidics
… platform for advancing research and education in microfluidics.
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3D-PRINTED MICROFLUIDICS FOR BIOMIMICRY
… The focus of the thesis will be on 3D-printed microfluidics for systemic biomimicry at the microscale (i.e., vasculatures, organ-on-a-chip) and macroscale (i.e., soft robotics).
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Microfluidics enhanced synthesis of micellar nanostructures
Surfactant molecules can self-assemble into various morphologies under proper combinations of surfactant concentration, temperature, and flow conditions. In equilibrium, micelles can transition from entangled to branched structures with increasing ionic strength and temperature. Under flow …
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Preparation of multifunctional nanoparticles using microfluidics
… the clinical translation of new products. Microfluidics is an emerging technology for manipulating and controlling fluids at microscale. Compared to conventional batch reactors, microfluidics has shown great promise for the production of liposomes, offering simpler operations with improved …
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3D printing-based microfluidics for geosciences
Three-dimensional (3D) printing offers the potential to repeatably generate porous media for the investigation of pore-scale processes such as CO2 dissolution and species transport in multiscale porous media. However, there are concerns regarding dimensional fidelity, shape conformity and surface …
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Microfluidics for Genetic and Epigenetic Analysis
Microfluidics has revolutionized how molecular biology studies are conducted. It permits profiling of genomic and epigenomic features for a wide range of applications. Microfluidics has been proven to be highly complementary to NGS technology with its unique capabilities for handling small volumes …
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Microfluidics for Cell Manipulation and Analysis
Microfluidic devices are ideal for analysis of biological systems. The small dimensions result to controlled handling of the flow profile and the cells in suspension. Implementation of additional forces in the system, such as an electric field, promote further manipulation of the cells. In this …
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Two Examples of Ratchet Processes in Microfluidics
The ratchet effect can be exploited in many types of research, yet few researchers pay attention to it. In this thesis, I investigate two examples of such effects in microfluidic devices, under the guidance of computational simulations. The first chapter provides a brief introduction to ratchet …
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Particle manipulation with oscillatory non-linear microfluidics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Fluid-fluid displacement in porous-media microfluidics
Immiscible fluid-fluid displacement under geometric confinement is a key physical process in large-scale subsurface energy technologies such as geologic carbon sequestration and in small-scale microfluidic techniques. Research over the past few decades has provided improved understanding of the …
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Rapid prototyping method for a microfluidics device
… One particular design process of creating a microfluidics device was studied and analyzed. A device containing channels for fluid flow presents a number of challenges for designers. The particular device in this study had a number of specifications, which include a small scale, a necessity to …
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Developing a 3D in vitro Model by Microfluidics
… microgels were fabricated by capillary-based microfluidics; the microfluidic chip was designed and fabricated by soft lithography for conveniently handling gel packing and cell injection as well as controlling the interstitial flow through a syringe pump. To demonstrate the effectiveness of …
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Multiphase Microfluidics for Convective Heat Transfer and Manufacturing
Due to the length scales in microfluidic systems interfacial forces dominate over inertia and gravity. In this work, I have designed, fabricated and studied several systems that manipulate interfacial forces for manufacturing and enhance convective heat transfer. These systems have application in …
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