Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices
(μPADs), 165, 180
Micromilling, 67, 94–96
Micromixing, 45
Micropump, 228
Micro-scale replication by double inversion
(MRDI), 35, 41–42, 46
Microsystems, 33, 37
Micro total analysis system (μTAS), 115, 192
Microvalve, 43, 44, 51, 125, 157, 233, 234
Molecular diagnostics, 33, 68, 120, 211–212
Momentum diffusivity, 5
Mould, 87, 89–94, 227
Moulding, 40, 42–44, 67, 87, 88, 91–92, 94,
95, 97
N
Navier–Stokes equation, 17
Newtonian, 13, 194
Non-dimensionalization, 3–4
Non-inertial frame, 24
Non-Newtonian, 13
Nusselt number, 5
Nusselt-Sherwood number, 5
O
Organ on chip, 199–206
P
Packaging, 99–101, 151
Paper, 16, 54, 98, 108, 115, 147, 165, 191
Pascal’s law, 7
Passive valving, 123, 126
Pattern transfer, 38–41
Pe ́clet number, 5
Phase change microvalves, 125
Photocurable resin, 104, 105
Photolithography, 38, 40, 42, 55, 57, 67, 87–91,
93, 107, 150, 151, 158, 160, 179,
181, 210
Photopolymerization, 89, 105, 157
Plasma bonding, 100–101
Plastics, 42, 88, 92, 93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 108,
142, 151–156, 158, 160, 162, 216
Plug-like flow, 230
Pneumatic valves, 233, 237
Point-of-care (POC), v, 34, 35, 57, 59, 62, 75,
77, 115, 120, 146, 147, 155, 161, 165,
166, 169, 171, 172, 176, 178, 183, 192,
208, 209, 212, 214–216, 248
Poiseuille’s principle, 21
Polycarbonate (PC), 36, 86, 88, 154, 155, 202
Polydimethysiloxane (PDMS), 34, 40, 42, 43,
46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 64, 70, 89, 91, 92, 94,
97, 100–101, 107, 153, 155, 156, 161,
162, 179, 180, 195, 197, 200–202, 205,
207, 211, 216, 226, 227, 229, 231, 233,
235, 236, 238, 240
Polyesters, 154, 178
Poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK), 88, 98, 154
Polyethylene (PE), 154, 155, 157, 226
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), 36, 108, 154
Poly lactic acid, 104, 108
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip, 68–72
Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), 36, 37, 46,
88, 91, 93, 96, 97, 100, 134, 136–140,
154, 155, 226, 235
Polypropylene (PP), 154, 158
Polystyrene (PS), 36, 67, 98, 154, 158,
179–181, 213, 226, 229
Polysulfone (PSU), 154, 155
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), 154
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), 36, 88, 97, 154, 155
Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), 154, 155
Prandtl number, 5
Prandtl-Schmidt number, 5
Preconcentration, 225
Pressure head, 7, 8, 48
Pressure-sensitive adhesive, 100R
Rayleigh number, 5
Reynold’s equation of motion, 17
Reynolds number, 5, 21, 23, 27, 29, 119, 205
Richardson number, 5
Rossby number, 26S
Scaffold, 107, 158
Scaling law, 3, 4
Screen printing, 57, 158
Shear rate, 12
Signal visibility, 171
Silicon, 34, 40, 45, 46, 48, 52–55, 66–68, 70,
74, 77, 89–91, 147–151, 155, 162, 208,
216, 226
Single cell analysis, 193, 204–208
Siphon valves, 122–123, 127
Slip length, 5
Soft lithography, 40, 44, 47, 85, 89, 94, 153,
200, 216Index 251