A Self-vortical Micromixer and its Application on Micro-DMFC
In this study, we demonstrate a new passive micromixer, a self-vortical micromixer, and integrated this micromixer into a micro-DMFC.
Sector: Medical & Biotech
Dielectrophoretic characterization and separation of metastatic variants of small cell lung cancer cells
Menachery A., Burt J., Chappell S., Errington R.J., Morris D., Smith P.J., Wiltshire M., Furon E., Pethig R., Bangor University, UK
In this study, the ability of Dielectrophoresis (DEP) to recognize phenotypic variants of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells has been tested. The phenotypic variations of the SCLC cells are associated with the cell-surface decoration [...]
A capillary effect based microfluidic system for high throughput screening of yeast cells
Microfluidic systems have been developed and used for high throughput cell-based assays successfully. However, these systems require complicated peripherals and a computer to control the flow, which limits their adoption by biologists. Here, we propose [...]
Experimental and Numerical Studies of Droplet and Particle Formation in Electrohydrodynamic Atomization
Electrohydrodynamic Atomization (EHDA) is a method to disperse liquid jet into micro- droplets where an electrical field is applied to control the breakup characteristic of the liquid jet. Recent studies show that EHDA method is [...]
Size Effect on Nano-Droplet Spreading on Solid Surface
In this paper MD simulation has been performed to study the behavior of nano-sized non-polar argon droplets spreading on a solid surface. Three different sizes of the nano-droplet have been examined with the diameters of [...]
Electrokinetic Flows in Highly Charged Micro/Nanochannel with Newtonian Boundary Slip Condition
The physics of micro/nanofluids has become an area of intense interest both scientifically and technologically. The long-range nature of viscous flows and the small dimension inherent in confined spaces imply that the influence of boundaries [...]
Enhanced fluid transport through carbon nanopipes
Experimental measurement of fluid flow and diffusion through nanoscale channels is important both for determining how classical theories of fluid dynamics apply at very small length scales and with a view to constructing practical nanofluidic [...]
Gaseous Flows and Heat Transfer through Micro- and Nano-channels
The overall object of this paper is a systematic study of gaseous flows and thermal transport in two-dimensional micro- and nano-channels using direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method. The flows are often encountered in MEMS, [...]
Purification of Nanoparticles by Hollow Fiber Diafiltration
Hollow Fiber Diafiltration (or Hollow Fiber Tangential Flow Filtration) is an efficient and rapid alternative to traditional methods of nanoparticle purification such as ultracentrifugation, stirred cell filtration, dialysis, or chromatography. Hollow Fiber Diafiltration can be [...]