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Micro-drops and digital microfluidics /

"After spending over 12 years developing new microsystems for biotechnology, especially concerned with the microfluidic aspects of these devices, Jean Berthier is considered a leading authority in the field. Now, following the success of his book, Microfluidics for Biotechnology, Dr. Berthier r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Berthier, Jean, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waltham, Mass. : William Andrew, 2013.
Edition:Second edition
Series:Micro & nano technologies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: digital microfluidics in today's microfluidics
  • Theory of wetting
  • The physics of droplets
  • Electrowetting theory
  • EWOD microsystems
  • Introduction to liquid dielectrophoresis
  • Electrowetting on curved surfaces
  • Biological applications of EWOD
  • Cell manipulations in EWD
  • Chemical applications
  • DMF for optofluidic microdevices
  • Droplet on deformable surfaces--elasto-capillarity and electro-elasto-capillarity
  • Acoustic methods for manipulating droplets
  • Introduction to droplet microfluidics and multiphase microflows
  • Epilog.