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Microfluidics for Biotechnology.
The application of microfluidics to biotechnology is an exciting new area that has already begun to revolutionize how researchers study and manipulate macromolecules like DNA, proteins and cells in vitro and within living organisms. Now in a newly revised and expanded second edition, the Artech Hous...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Norwood :
Artech House,
2009.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Microfluidics for Biotechnology Second Edition; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Dimensionless Numbers in Microfluidics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Microfluidic Scales; 1.3 Buckingham's Pi Theorem; 1.4 Scaling Numbers and Characteristic Scales; 1.4.1 Micro- to Nanoscales; 1.4.2 Hydrodynamic Characteristic Times; 1.4.3 Newtonian Fluids; 1.4.4 Non-Newtonian Fluids; 1.4.5 Droplets and Digital Microfluidics; 1.4.6 Multiphysics; 1.4.7 Specific Dimensionless Numbers and Composite Groups; References; Chapter 2 Microflows; 2.1 Introduction.
- 2.1.1 On the Importance of Microfluidics in Biotechnology2.1.2 From Single Continuous Flow to Droplets; 2.2 Single-Phase Microflows; 2.2.1 Navier-Stokes (NS) Equations; 2.2.2 Non-Newtonian Rheology; 2.2.3 Laminarity of Microflows; 2.2.4 Stokes Equation; 2.2.5 Hagen-Poiseuille Flow; 2.2.6 Pressure Drop and Friction Factor; 2.2.7 Bernoulli's Approach; 2.2.8 Modeling: Lumped Parameters Model; 2.2.9 Microfluidic Networks: Worked Example 1-Microfluidic Flow Inside a Microneedle; 2.2.10 Microfluidic Networks: Worked Example 2-Plasma Extraction from Blood.
- 2.2.11 Hydrodynamic Entrance Length: Establishment of the Flow2.2.12 Distributing a Uniform Flow into a Microchamber; 2.2.13 The Example of a Protein Reactor; 2.2.14 Recirculation Regions; 2.2.15 Inertial Effects at Medium Reynolds Numbers: Dean Flow; 2.2.16 Microflows in Flat Channels: Helle-Shaw Flows; 2.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Interfaces, Capillarity, and Microdrops; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Interfaces and Surface Tension; 3.2.1 The Notion of Interface; 3.2.2 Surface Tension; 3.3 Laplace Law and Applications; 3.3.1 Curvature Radius and Laplace's Law.
- 3.3.2 Examples of the Application of Laplace's Law3.4 Partial or Total Wetting; 3.5 Contact Angle: Young's Law; 3.5.1 Young's Law; 3.5.2 Young's Law for Two Liquids and a Solid; 3.5.3 Generalization of Young's Law-Neumann's Construction; 3.6 Capillary Force and Force on a Triple Line; 3.6.1 Introduction; 3.6.2 Capillary Force Between Two Parallel Plates; 3.6.3 Capillary Rise in a Tube-Jurin's Law; 3.6.4 Capillary Rise Between Two Parallel Vertical Plates; 3.6.5 Capillary Pumping; 3.6.6 Force on a Triple Line; 3.6.7 Examples of Capillary Forces in Microsystems; 3.7 Pinning and Canthotaxis.
- 3.7.1 Theory3.7.2 Pinning of an Interface Between Pillars; 3.7.3 Droplet Pinning on a Surface Defect; 3.7.4 Pinning of a Microdroplet-Quadruple Contact Line; 3.7.5 Pinning in Microwells; 3.8 Microdrops; 3.8.1 Shape of Microdrops; 3.8.2 Drops on Inhomogeneous Surfaces; 3.9 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Digital, Two-Phase, and Droplet Microfluidics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Digital Microfluidics; 4.2.1 Introduction; 4.2.2 Theory of Electrowetting; 4.2.3 EWOD Microsystems; 4.2.4 Conclusion; 4.3 Multiphase Microflows; 4.3.1 Introduction; 4.3.2 Droplet and Plug Flow in Microchannels.