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Introduction to Microfluidics

By Patrick Tabeling

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0198568649, 9780198568643, 9781429470421
LCC
TJ853 .T33 2005
Open Library ID
OL3404325M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7238588 bytes)
Pages
312\312
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Приборостроение;Микро- и наносистемная техника

Description

Microfluidics deals with fluids flowing in miniaturized systems. It is a young discipline, which is expected to substantially expand over the next few years, stimulated by the considerable development of applications in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and chemical engineering domains. The book is an introduction to this discipline. In the first chapter, it presents a short historical background and discusses the main perspectives of the domain, at economical and scientific levels. Then the physics of miniaturization and the fluid mechanics of microflows are discussed. In the following three chapters, dispersion, electrical and thermal phenomena in miniaturized devices are presented. A brief introduction to microfabrication techniques is given in chapter six and the book concludes by providing a few examples of microfludic systems. The book is written in a simple, direct, pedagogical way. It emphasizes concepts and understanding, rather than technical detail. It offers a cross-disciplinary view of the field embracing biological, chemical, physical and engineering perspectives. By using the book, the reader will have concepts, methods and data to grasp situation, which typically arise in mircofludic systems.

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