eprintid: 34
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 4
dir: disk0/00/00/00/34
datestamp: 2005-05-26
lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:45:48
status_changed: 2009-04-08 16:52:14
type: report
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item_issues_count: 0
creators_name: Billingham, John
creators_name: Grief, Andrew
creators_name: Leppinen, David
creators_name: Ovenden, Nick
contributors_name: Hinch, John
contributors_name: Naire, Shailesh
contributors_name: Ockendon, John
contributors_name: Peregrine, Howell
contributors_name: Please, Colin
contributors_name: Vanden-Broeck, Jean-Marc
contributors_name: White, Gordon
contributors_name: Wilson, Eddie
title: Design of microfluidic networks
ispublished: pub
subjects: medicine
studygroups: esgi49
companyname: Unilever Corporate Research
full_text_status: public
abstract: Microfluidics is a relatively new and fast growing research area in fluid mechanics. The devices in question are thin wafers containing etched or printed interconnecting channels through which fluids are pumped, which can mix and/or react at various nodes to produce an output product. Microfluidic devices have applications in many manufacturing and chemical detection processes. For example, they can be used to manufacture monodisperse droplets with very well defined properties for pharmaceutical applications; or form the basis for miniaturised ‘lab-on-a-chip’ sensor arrays for detecting biological substances or toxins.
date: 2005-01-14
date_type: published
pages: 29
official_url: http://www.smithinst.ac.uk/Projects/ESGI49/ESGI49-UnileverMicrofluidics/Report/Microfluidics.pdf
citation:   Billingham, John and Grief, Andrew and Leppinen, David and Ovenden, Nick  (2005) Design of microfluidic networks.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/34/1/Microfluidics.pdf