Essential Equations for Anaesthesia

Essential Equations for Anaesthesia
Author: Edward T. Gilbert-Kawai
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1107636604

Covers all of the equations that candidates need to understand and be able to apply when sitting postgraduate anaesthetic examinations.

Surface Tension and the Spreading of Liquids

Surface Tension and the Spreading of Liquids
Author: R. S. Burdon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2014-06-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107666570

First published in 1949, this book assesses the phenomena of surface tension and spreading for various liquids.

Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applications

Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applications
Author: Pierre Lambert
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-10-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3039215647

Building on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to the development of soft/fluidic microrobotics. Benefiting from scaling laws, surface tension and capillary effects can enable sensing, actuation, adhesion, confinement, compliance, and other structural and functional properties necessary in micro- and nanosystems. Various applications are under development: microfluidic and lab-on-chip devices, soft gripping and manipulation of particles, colloidal and interfacial assemblies, fluidic/droplet mechatronics. The capillary action is ubiquitous in drops, bubbles and menisci, opening a broad spectrum of technological solutions and scientific investigations. Identified grand challenges to the establishment of fluidic microrobotics include mastering the dynamics of capillary effects, controlling the hysteresis arising from wetting and evaporation, improving the dispensing and handling of tiny droplets, and developing a mechatronic approach for the control and programming of surface tension effects. In this Special Issue of Micromachines, we invite contributions covering all aspects of microscale engineering relying on surface tension. Particularly, we welcome contributions on fundamentals or applications related to: Drop-botics: fluidic or surface tension-based micro/nanorobotics: capillary manipulation, gripping, and actuation, sensing, folding, propulsion and bio-inspired solutions; Control of surface tension effects: surface tension gradients, active surfactants, thermocapillarity, electrowetting, elastocapillarity; Handling of droplets, bubbles and liquid bridges: dispensing, confinement, displacement, stretching, rupture, evaporation; Capillary forces: modelling, measurement, simulation; Interfacial engineering: smart liquids, surface treatments; Interfacial fluidic and capillary assembly of colloids and devices; Biological applications of surface tension, including lab-on-chip and organ-on-chip systems.