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OverviewIn this 2nd edition of Micro-Drops and Digital Microfluidics, Jean Berthier explores the fundamentals and applications of digital microfluidics, enabling engineers and scientists to design this important enabling technology into devices and harness the considerable potential of digital microfluidics in testing and data collection. This book describes the most recent developments in digital microfluidics, with a specific focus on the computational, theoretical and experimental study of microdrops. Unique in its emphasis on digital microfluidics and with diverse applications ranging from drug delivery to point-of-care diagnostic chips, organic synthesis to microreactors, Micro-Drops and Digital Microfluidics meets the needs of audiences across the fields of bioengineering and biotechnology, and electrical and chemical engineering. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jean Berthier (CEA/LETI (Laboratory of Electronics, Technology and Information), Grenoble, France)Publisher: William Andrew Publishing Imprint: William Andrew Publishing Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.160kg ISBN: 9781455725502ISBN 10: 1455725501 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 13 December 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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 EWOD 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 EpilogReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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