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    Examples of open microfluidics include open-channel microfluidics, rail-based microfluidics, paper-based, and thread-based microfluidics. Disadvantages...
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  • built up step-by-step. And in contrast to continuous-flow microfluidics, digital microfluidics works much the same way as traditional bench-top protocols...
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  • Microfluidics refers to the flow of fluid in channels or networks with at least one dimension on the micron scale. In open microfluidics, also referred...
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  • S2CID 6178424. Berthier, J.; Silberzan, P. Microfluidics for Biotechnology. Gomez, F.A. Biological Applications of Microfluidics.[ISBN missing] "Acumen Research...
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    of templates needed to sequence DNA contigs at a given redundancy. Microfluidics may allow for faster, cheaper and easier sequence assembly. Second-generation...
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  • Droplet-based microfluidics manipulate discrete volumes of fluids in immiscible phases with low Reynolds number and laminar flow regimes. Interest in...
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  • Paper-based microfluidics are microfluidic devices that consist of a series of hydrophilic cellulose or nitrocellulose fibers that transport fluid from...
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    paper microfluidic devices utilizing Parafilm® « Chips and Tips". rsc.org. "A two-for-one dielectric and hydrophobic layer for digital microfluidics « Chips...
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    making it one of the most common materials used for flow delivery in microfluidics chips. The process of soft lithography consists of creating an elastic...
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    Bibcode:2005JMiMi..15R...1N. doi:10.1088/0960-1317/15/2/R01. S2CID 16772224. "Microfluidic Mixing - Redbud Labs". redbudlabs.com. Archived from the original on...
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    applied Shrinky Dinks to create tiny structures for the application of microfluidics to topics such as stem cell research. In 2022, Michelle Khine researched...
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  • microchannels which are fabricated as permanent application-specific structures). UBC Okanagan Digital Microfluidics Duke University Digital Microfluidics...
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  • Microfluidic diffusional sizing (MDS) is a method to measure the size of particles based on the degree to which they diffuse within a microfluidic laminar...
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  • for accurate pressure measurements in microfluidics. The primary issue with measuring the pressure in microfluidic devices is that the volume of fluid is...
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    There are two main microfluidic systems that are used to sequence DNA; droplet based microfluidics and digital microfluidics. Microfluidic devices solve many...
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    involve the use of microfluidics. Microfluidic reaction chambers are difficult to scale up, since the entire point of microfluidics is to exploit the microscale...
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  • inference methods. Microfluidics refers to the use of micro-sized channels on a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS). Microfluidic channels have a diameter...
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  • Microfluidics in chemical biology is the application of microfluidics in the study of chemical biology. Due to its physical dimensions, microfluidics...
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    one direction in rigid lungs, but without any physiological valve. In microfluidics, valveless impedance pumps have been fabricated, and are expected to...
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    research include Micro- and Nanofluidics, Particle Image Velocimetry, Opto-microfluidics and bio-MEMS. He is the co-inventor of micro-PIV. In 1990, Wereley completed...
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    the quantum dots. Surfactants play an important role in droplet-based microfluidics in the stabilization of the droplets, and the prevention of the fusion...
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    Driven Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Cambridge University Press. Kirby, B.J. (2010). Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics: Transport in Microfluidic Devices...
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  • controlled laboratory environment. Microfluidics has been used for cell biology studies as the dimensions of the microfluidic channels are well suited for the...
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    an open system. This mechanism has also been used in droplet-based microfluidics for droplet manipulation. Notably, using SAW as an actuation mechanism...
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    the field of microfluidics, including the invention of microfluidic large scale integration, and developed applications of microfluidics to structural...
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    have huge potential for microfluidics e.g. as drug delivery systems, microfluidic devices and lab-on-a-chip. A first microfluidic platform technology reported...
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    For example, digital microfluidic biochips are under investigation for applications in biomedical fields. In a digital microfluidic biochip, a group of...
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  • Weitz DA (March 2010). "Ultrahigh-throughput screening in drop-based microfluidics for directed evolution". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
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    Bio-MEMS (category Microfluidics)
    approach combining electrokinetic phenomena and microfluidics is digital microfluidics. In digital microfluidics, a substrate surface is micropatterned with...
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  • Organ-on-a-chip (category Microfluidics)
    Juncker D (2018-01-26). "Microfluidic Probe for Neural Organotypic Brain Tissue and Cell Perfusion". Open-Space Microfluidics: Concepts, Implementations...
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