Highly integrated microfluidics design
By: Dan E. Angelescu
Series: Artech House integrated microsystems series
Publisher: Artech House
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781596939790
Subjects: Microfluidic devices; Microfluidics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: -- 1.; title: Microfabrication Techniques -- -- 1.1.; title: Introduction -- -- 1.2.; title: Manufacturing Processes -- -- 1.2.1.; title: PDMS Molding and Soft Lithography -- -- 1.2.2.; title: Metallic Fabrication -- -- 1.2.3.; title: Plastic Fabrication -- -- 1.2.4.; title: Paper Fabrication -- -- 1.2.5.; title: Silicon / Glass Fabrication -- -- 1.3.; title: Technology Selection Criteria -- -- 1.3.1.; title: Required Functionality -- -- 1.3.2.; title: Physical Requirements -- -- 1.3.3.; title: Chemical Resistance -- -- 1.3.4.; title: Cost of Production -- -- 1.4.; title: Conclusions --; title: References -- -- 2.; title: Microfluidic Building Blocks -- -- 2.1.; title: Introduction -- -- 2.2.; title: Functional Approach -- -- 2.3.; title: Single-Phase Fluid Manipulation -- -- 2.3.1.; title: Active Valves -- -- 2.3.2.; title: Passive Valves -- -- 2.3.3.; title: Pumping Techniques -- -- 2.3.4.; title: Single-Phase Mixing -- -- 2.4.; title: Droplet-Based Fluid Manipulation -- -- 2.4.1.; title: Droplet and Emulsion Generators -- -- 2.4.2.; title: Droplet-Based Mixing -- -- 2.4.3.; title: Droplet Manipulations; title: 2.5.; title: Detection and Measurement Techniques -- -- 2.5.1.; title: Optical Measurements -- -- 2.5.2.; title: Chemical Measurements -- -- 2.5.3.; title: Physical Measurements -- -- 2.6.; title: Conclusions --; title: References -- -- 3.; title: Microscale Physics -- -- 3.1.; title: Introduction -- -- 3.2.; title: Diffusion Laws -- -- 3.3.; title: Fluid Dynamics -- -- 3.3.1.; title: Mass Conservation Equation -- -- 3.3.2.; title: Momentum Equation -- -- 3.3.3.; title: Fluid Forces -- -- 3.3.4.; title: Navier-Stokes Equation -- -- 3.3.5.; title: Stokes (Creeping) Flow -- -- 3.3.6.; title: Equivalence Between Fluidic and Electrical Circuits -- -- 3.4.; title: Surface Tension and Wetting -- -- 3.4.1.; title: Surface Tension Forces -- -- 3.4.2.; title: Wetting Considerations -- -- 3.4.3.; title: Surfactants and Marangoni Stresses -- -- 3.5.; title: Electrical Phenomena in Microfluidics -- -- 3.5.1.; title: Electrophoresis -- -- 3.5.2.; title: Dielectrophoresis -- -- 3.5.3.; title: Electro-Osmotic Flow -- -- 3.5.4.; title: Electrowetting (Electrocapillarity) -- -- 3.6.; title: Conclusions --; title: References -- -- 4.; title: Microfluidic Design -- -- 4.1.; title: Introduction -- -- 4.2.; title: Technology -- -- 4.2.1.; title: Functional Description; title: 4.2.2.; title: Integration: Monolithic Versus Hybrid -- -- 4.2.3.; title: Material Choices -- -- 4.2.4.; title: In-House Versus Outsourced Fabrication -- -- 4.2.5.; title: Fabrication Process: Definition and Optimization -- -- 4.3.; title: System Design and Optimization -- -- 4.3.1.; title: Mask Design -- -- 4.3.2.; title: Fluidic System Optimization -- -- 4.4.; title: Conclusions --; title: References -- -- 5.; title: Integrated Microfluidic Systems -- -- 5.1.; title: Introduction -- -- 5.2.; title: Remarks About the Microfluidics Market -- -- 5.3.; title: Selected Commercial Technology Examples -- -- 5.3.1.; title: Microfludic Large-Scale Integration: Fluidigm -- -- 5.3.2.; title: RainStorm Droplet Technology: RainDance -- -- 5.3.3.; title: Modular Plastic Microfluidics: ThinXXS -- -- 5.3.4.; title: Resonant Silicon Microtubes: ISSYS -- -- 5.3.5.; title: Nanopump MEMS Drug Infusion: Debiotech -- -- 5.3.6.; title: CMOSens Sensor/Electronics Integration: Sensirion -- -- 5.3.7.; title: Integrated Gas Chromatography Microsystem: C2V -- -- 5.4.; title: Conclusions --; title: References.