Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip

Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip
Author: Andreas Manz
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2020-09-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1782628339

Responding to the need for an affordable, easy-to-read textbook that introduces microfluidics to undergraduate and postgraduate students, this concise book will provide a broad overview of the important theoretical and practical aspects of microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip, as well as its applications.

Fundamentals of Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip for Biological Analysis and Discovery

Fundamentals of Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip for Biological Analysis and Discovery
Author: Paul C.H. Li
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2010-02-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1439882177

Lab-on-a-chip technology permits us to make many important discoveries that can only be observed at the microscale or the nanoscale. Using this technology, biological and biochemical analyses translate into greater sensitivity, more accurate results, and more valuable findings. Authored by one of the field's pioneering researchers, Fundamentals of

Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and Micro-Total Analysis Systems

Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and Micro-Total Analysis Systems
Author: Jaime Castillo-León
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2014-11-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319086871

This book covers all the steps in order to fabricate a lab-on-a-chip device starting from the idea, the design, simulation, fabrication and final evaluation. Additionally, it includes basic theory on microfluidics essential to understand how fluids behave at such reduced scale. Examples of successful histories of lab-on-a-chip systems that made an impact in fields like biomedicine and life sciences are also provided. This book also: · Provides readers with a unique approach and toolset for lab-on-a-chip development in terms of materials, fabrication techniques, and components · Discusses novel materials and techniques, such as paper-based devices and synthesis of chemical compounds on-chip · Covers the four key aspects of development: basic theory, design, fabrication, and testing · Provides readers with a comprehensive list of the most important journals, blogs, forums, and conferences where microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip news, methods, techniques and challenges are presented and discussed, as well as a list of companies providing design and simulation support, components, and/or developing lab-on-a-chip and microfluidic devices.

Laboratory Methods in Microfluidics

Laboratory Methods in Microfluidics
Author: Basant Giri
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128132361

Laboratory Methods in Microfluidics features a range of lab methods and techniques necessary to fully understand microfluidic technology applications. Microfluidics deals with the manipulation of small volumes of fluids at sub-millimeter scale domain channels. This exciting new field is becoming an increasingly popular subject both for research and education in various disciplines of science, including chemistry, chemical engineering and environmental science. The unique properties of microfluidic technologies, such as rapid sample processing and precise control of fluids in assay have made them attractive candidates to replace traditional experimental approaches. Practical for students, instructors, and researchers, this book provides a much-needed, comprehensive new laboratory reference in this rapidly growing and exciting new field of research. - Provides a number of detailed methods and instructions for experiments in microfluidics - Features an appendix that highlights several standard laboratory techniques, including reagent preparation plus a list of materials vendors for quick reference - Authored by a microfluidics expert with nearly a decade of research on the subject

Multidisciplinary Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Lab-on-a-Chip

Multidisciplinary Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Lab-on-a-Chip
Author: Xiujun James Li
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0444594329

Multidisciplinary Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Lab-on-a-Chip: Principles and Applications provides chemists, biophysicists, engineers, life scientists, biotechnologists, and pharmaceutical scientists with the principles behind the design, manufacture, and testing of life sciences microfluidic systems. This book serves as a reference for technologies and applications in multidisciplinary areas, with an emphasis on quickly developing or new emerging areas, including digital microfluidics, nanofluidics, papers-based microfluidics, and cell biology. The book offers practical guidance on how to design, analyze, fabricate, and test microfluidic devices and systems for a wide variety of applications including separations, disease detection, cellular analysis, DNA analysis, proteomics, and drug delivery. Calculations, solved problems, data tables, and design rules are provided to help researchers understand microfluidic basic theory and principles and apply this knowledge to their own unique designs. Recent advances in microfluidics and microsystems for life sciences are impacting chemistry, biophysics, molecular, cell biology, and medicine for applications that include DNA analysis, drug discovery, disease research, and biofluid and environmental monitoring. Provides calculations, solved problems, data tables and design rules to help understand microfluidic basic theory and principles Gives an applied understanding of the principles behind the design, manufacture, and testing of microfluidic systems Emphasizes on quickly developing and emerging areas, including digital microfluidics, nanofluidics, papers-based microfluidics, and cell biology

Introduction to Microfluidics

Introduction to Microfluidics
Author: Patrick Tabeling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2010-05-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0199588163

Microfluidics deals with fluids flowing in miniaturized systems, and has practical applications in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and chemical engineering fields. This text provides an introduction to this emerging discipline.

Labs on Chip

Labs on Chip
Author: Eugenio Iannone
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1178
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1466560738

Labs on Chip: Principles, Design and Technology provides a complete reference for the complex field of labs on chip in biotechnology. Merging three main areas— fluid dynamics, monolithic micro- and nanotechnology, and out-of-equilibrium biochemistry—this text integrates coverage of technology issues with strong theoretical explanations of design techniques. Analyzing each subject from basic principles to relevant applications, this book: Describes the biochemical elements required to work on labs on chip Discusses fabrication, microfluidic, and electronic and optical detection techniques Addresses planar technologies, polymer microfabrication, and process scalability to huge volumes Presents a global view of current lab-on-chip research and development Devotes an entire chapter to labs on chip for genetics Summarizing in one source the different technical competencies required, Labs on Chip: Principles, Design and Technology offers valuable guidance for the lab-on-chip design decision-making process, while exploring essential elements of labs on chip useful both to the professional who wants to approach a new field and to the specialist who wants to gain a broader perspective.

Error-Tolerant Biochemical Sample Preparation with Microfluidic Lab-on-Chip

Error-Tolerant Biochemical Sample Preparation with Microfluidic Lab-on-Chip
Author: Sudip Poddar
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2022-07-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000612732

Microfluidic biochips have gained prominence due to their versatile applications to biochemistry and health-care domains such as point-of-care clinical diagnosis of tropical and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, toxicity analysis, and for the mitigation of the global HIV crisis, among others. Microfluidic Lab-on-Chips (LoCs) offer a convenient platform for emulating various fluidic operations in an automated fashion. However, because of the inherent uncertainty of fluidic operations, the outcome of biochemical experiments performed on-chip can be erroneous even if the chip is tested a priori and deemed to be defect-free. This book focuses on the issues encountered in reliable sample preparation with digital microfluidic biochips (DMFBs), particularly in an error-prone environment. It presents state-of-the-art error management techniques and underlying algorithmic challenges along with their comparative discussions. Describes a comprehensive framework for designing a robust and error-tolerant biomedical system which will help in migrating from cumbersome medical laboratory tasks to small-sized LOC-based systems Presents a comparative study on current error-tolerant strategies for robust sample preparation using DMFBs and reports on efficient algorithms for error-tolerant sample dilution using these devices Illustrates how algorithmic engineering, cyber-physical tools, and software techniques are helpful in implementing fault tolerance Covers the challenges associated with design automation for biochemical sample preparation Teaches how to implement biochemical protocols using software-controlled microfluidic biochips Interdisciplinary in its coverage, this reference is written for practitioners and researchers in biochemical, biomedical, electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering, especially those involved in LOC or bio-MEMS design.

Lab-on-a-Chip

Lab-on-a-Chip
Author: R. Edwin Oosterbroek
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2003-10-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0444511008

I TECHNOLOGIES -- Hydrogels and polymers as components of a lab on a chip -- Microreplication technologies for polymer-based æTAS applications -- Silicon and glass micromachining for æTAS -- Surface chemistry in polymer microfluidic systems -- Plastic microfluidic devices: electrokinetic manipulations, life science applications, and production technologies -- II METHODS -- Transverse diffusion in microfluidic systems -- Nanoliter & picoliter liquid handling -- Micro sequential injection system for monitoring of metabolites extruded by cultured cells -- III CELL- & BEAD-BASED SYSTEMS -- Handling of beads in microfluidic devices for biotech applications -- Particles and molecules handling in micro channels -- Cell counting and cell sizing in microstructures -- IV APPLICATIONS -- Microfabricated capillary array electrophoresis: -- implementation and applications -- Microfluidic systems for analysis of the proteome with mass spectrometry -- Interfacing æTAS to matrix assisted laser desorpt ...

Theoretical Microfluidics

Theoretical Microfluidics
Author: Henrik Bruus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2007-09-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191528587

Microfluidics is a young and rapidly expanding scientific discipline, which deals with fluids and solutions in miniaturized systems, the so-called lab-on-a-chip systems. It has applications in chemical engineering, pharmaceutics, biotechnology and medicine. As the lab-on-a-chip systems grow in complexity, a proper theoretical understanding becomes increasingly important. The basic idea of the book is to provide a self-contained formulation of the theoretical framework of microfluidics, and at the same time give physical motivation and examples from lab-on-a-chip technology. After three chapters introducing microfluidics, the governing equations for mass, momentum and energy, and some basic flow solutions, the following 14 chapters treat hydraulic resistance/compliance, diffusion/dispersion, time-dependent flow, capillarity, electro- and magneto-hydrodynamics, thermal transport, two-phase flow, complex flow patterns and acousto-fluidics, as well as the new fields of opto- and nano-fluidics. Throughout the book simple models with analytical solutions are presented to provide the student with a thorough physical understanding of order of magnitudes and various selected microfluidic phenomena and devices. The book grew out of a set of well-tested lecture notes. It is with its many pedagogical exercises designed as a textbook for an advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate course. It is also well suited for self-study.