Microfluidics for Biologists Fundamentals and Applications

Drag force, 21
Drug delivery, 44, 52, 72, 198
Dynamic viscosity, 6, 12, 20, 26

E
Elastic force, 5
Elasticity number, 5
Elastomers, 34, 40, 91, 92, 100, 107,
151–156, 160
Electromechanical pumping, 126
Electroosmosis, 231
Electrophoresis, 35, 57, 62–65, 224
Electrowetting, 155, 231, 232
Endmills, 95
Energy conservation, 20
E€otv€os number, 5
Epoxy resin, 105
Euler’s equation, 17
Extrusion-based, 104–105

F
Fanning equation, 23
Ferrowax plug, 125
Filament, 104–108
Flexographic printing, 181
Flow confinement, 227, 228
Flow control, 44–52, 116, 134, 157
Flow gradient, 5
Flow rate in paper, 169, 174
Fluid continuum, 10
Fluid driving modalities, 230–236, 239
Fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), 154
Forced convection, 5

G
Glass, 34, 40, 45, 46, 57, 59, 67, 68, 70, 86, 90,
92, 93, 97, 99, 100, 147, 148, 150–151,
154, 160, 162, 178, 181, 194, 196, 197,
202, 208, 211, 216, 226, 229, 231, 235
Grashof number, 5

H
Hagen-Poiseuille law, 21, 23
Harringbone mixer
Head loss, 23, 24
Heat transfer, 6
Herringbone mixer, 47
Heterogeneous immunoassays, 213, 224,
226–230, 232

H-filter, 29, 30

Homogeneous immunoassay, 225–226, 234

Hydrodynamics, 4, 10, 48, 116, 174, 194, 205,

207, 209

Hydrogels, 51, 156–157, 160, 162, 175, 198

Hydrophobic barrier, 158, 172, 174, 178–181

Hydrostatic pumping, 8

Hydrostatics, 7, 60, 72, 122, 123

I

Immunodiagnostics, 209, 212–213

Incompressible, 13–14, 17

Inertial force, 5, 24, 28

Inertial frame, 24, 25

Inertial particle separation, 28

Ink, 57, 104, 107, 158, 181, 182, 210

Ink jet printing, 57, 104, 106, 158

Inorganic materials, 147–151, 153

Interfacial forces, 5, 118

Isotachophoresis (ITP), 209, 225

K

Kidney on chip, 200, 201, 204, 205

Kinematic viscosity, 6, 12, 23

Knudsen number, 5

L

Lab-on-a-chip (LOC), v, 1, 34, 53, 146, 155,

156, 161, 192, 193, 195, 196,

214–216, 248

Lab-on-a-disk, 126, 133–134, 137–140

LASER ablation, 37, 42, 46, 86–88, 96–99

LASER machining, 36–37

Lateral flow, 57–60, 146, 166, 171, 176, 183

Length scale, 2, 3, 5, 26, 28, 29, 44

M

Mask designing, 87–91

Mass conservation, 18, 19

Mass diffusivity, 6

Mass transfer, 5, 6, 146

Metering, 52, 116, 118–119, 131, 140, 141, 147

Microbead-based multiplexing, 237–239

Microcantilever, 56, 149

Microchannel flow, 51, 52, 233

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), 33,

37, 39, 48, 87

Microfabrication, 46, 85, 86, 94, 97, 151,

157, 160

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