Chaotic oscillations of viscoelastic microtubes conveying pulsatile fluidMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - - 2018
Mergen H. Ghayesh, Hamed Farokhi, Ali Farajpour
As the first endeavour, the influence of a pulsatile flow on the large-amplitude
bifurcation behaviour of viscoelastic microtubes subject to longitudinal
pretention is studied with special consideration to chaos. The viscoelastic
microtube is surrounded by a nonlinear spring bed. A modified size-dependent
nonlinear tube model is developed based on a combination of the couple stress
theory and the ... hiện toàn bộ
Optimization of an AC electrokinetics immunoassay lab-chip for biomedical diagnosticsMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - Tập 21 - Trang 1-11 - 2017
Kai Yang, Nazmul Islam, Shigetoshi Eda, Jie Wu
This paper describes the improvement of an immunoassay lab-chip based on AC
electrokinetics (ACEK) effects. Reagent and analyte delivery, incubation and
flushing are performed using AC electrothermal (ACET) micropumps, which operate
by applying low-voltage AC signals over interdigitated electrode arrays on the
microchannel bottom. As such, the immunoassay chip is low cost and disposable.
Furthermo... hiện toàn bộ
Numerical simulation of the collision of two microdroplets with a pseudopotential multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann modelMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - Tập 16 - Trang 329-346 - 2013
Ernesto Monaco, Gunther Brenner, Kai H. Luo
Collisions of two equally sized liquid microdroplets in gaseous phase are
numerically studied by the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The multiphase
formulation adopted is a pseudopotential model with improved treatment of the
equation of state and force incorporation which is then coupled with the
multiple-relaxation-time scheme. That allows a detailed investigation into
microdroplet collisions ch... hiện toàn bộ
Oligosaccharide model of the vascular endothelial glycocalyx in physiological flowMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - Tập 22 - Trang 1-13 - 2018
Maria Pikoula, Matthew B. Tessier, Robert J. Woods, Yiannis Ventikos
Experiments have consistently revealed the pivotal role of the endothelial
glycocalyx layer in vasoregulation and the layer’s contribution to
mechanotransduction pathways. However, the exact mechanism by which the
glycocalyx mediates fluid shear stress remains elusive. This study employs
atomic-scale molecular simulations with the aim of investigating the
conformational and orientation properties ... hiện toàn bộ
Use microfluidic chips to study the effects of ultraviolet lights on human fibroblastsMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - Tập 21 - Trang 1-11 - 2017
Chien-Hsun Huang, Hsien-San Hou, Kai-Yin Lo, Ji-Yen Cheng, Yung-Shin Sun
The ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight exposure is highly related to skin
damages such as photoaging and skin cancers. UVA radiation can cause altered
expression of extracellular matrix proteins, and UVB is believed to be an
apoptosis induction factor. In the past, many experiments have been conducted in
vitro to investigate how UV lights are responsible for cell damages. However,
most of th... hiện toàn bộ
Tuning of salt separation efficiency by flow rate control in microfluidic dynamic dialysisMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - - 2019
Prameen C. Kalikavunkal, Nicolas G. Green, Maurits R.R. de Planque
Abstract Microliter-scale separation processes are important for biomedical
research and point-of-care diagnostics with small-volume clinical samples.
Analytical assays such as mass spectrometry and field effect sensing necessitate
sample desalting, but too low a salt concentration can disrupt protein
structures and biomolecular interactions. In this work, we investigated whether
salt extraction f... hiện toàn bộ
Local control of magnetic objects in microfluidic channelsMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - Tập 8 - Trang 123-130 - 2009
Caroline Derec, Claire Wilhelm, Jacques Servais, Jean-Claude Bacri
The application of magnetic fields in microfluidics is of growing interest and
the localisation of the applied field emerges as a key requisite for future
integration with other micro-platforms. In this paper, we present a novel
strategy of fabrication of an integrated microchannel, which combines the
advantages of localisation of the magnetic field with simplicity of design and
fabrication. The c... hiện toàn bộ
A simple projection photolithography method for low-cost rapid prototyping of microfluidic chipsMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics - Tập 26 - Trang 1-7 - 2022
Stefan Ostmann, Christian J. Kähler
Presented herein is a masking method for SU8 based soft lithography which
utilizes a simple optical setup using transparencies printed with a commercial
standard office printer. The relatively low printing quality of the printer is
partly overcome by imaging of the mask with negative magnification that utilizes
relatively cheap and easily available parts. The imaging quality as well as the
quality... hiện toàn bộ