Microfluidics and Microfabrication

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chakraborty, Suman. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electronics.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1543-6

Microfluidics and Microfabrication discusses the interconnect between microfluidics, microfabrication and the life sciences. Specifically, this includes fundamental aspects of fluid mechanics in micro-scale and nano-scale confinements and microfabrication. Material is also presented discussing micro...

Table of Contents:

• Microfluidics: overview and outlook
• Physics and mathematics of micro and nano fluidics
• Fundamentals of microfabrication
• Mechanical micromanufacturing: an overview
• Micro-textured engineered surfaces
• High-performance AFM probe-based micro-grooving processes
• Fabrication with metals and polymers in bio-micromanipulation
• Bio-inspired structural adhesion and adhesives
• Bio-microfluidics: overview
• Localized molecular delivery and genetic analysis within a single living cell
• Programmable soft-matter: merging chemistry and computation with microfluidics
• Microscale transport processes and interfacial force field characterization in micro-cooling devices
• Active nanostructures: From materials to high performance devices
• Molecular modeling and simulation: Can it help in the development of micro and nano devices.