Micro-Drops and Digital Microfluidics book cover

Micro-Drops and Digital Microfluidics

By
  • Jean Berthier, CEA/LETI (Laboratory of Electronics, Technology and Information), Grenoble, France

After spending over 12 years developing new microsystems for biotechnology û especially concerned with the microfluidic aspects of these devices û Jean Berthier is considered a leading authority in the field. Now, following the success of his book, Microfluidics for Biotechnology, Dr. Berthier returns to explain how new miniaturization techniques have dramatically expanded the area of microfluidic applications and microsystems into microdrops and digital microfluidics.Engineers interested in designing more versatile microsystems and students who seek to learn the fundamentals of microfluidics will all appreciate the wide-range of information found within Microdrops and Digital Microfluidics. The most recent developments in digital microfluidics are described in clear detail, with a specific focus on the computational, theoretical and experimental study of microdrops.

Audience
Engineers, scientists, and developers in biotechnology, nanotechnology, MEMS, and pharmaceuticals. This book will also be an excellent text for a Masters level course in physics and biotechnology.

Hardbound, 560 Pages

Published: December 2012

Imprint: William Andrew

ISBN: 978-1-4557-2550-2

Contents

    1. Introduction: Digital Microfluidics in Today’s Microfluidics
    2. Theory of Wetting
    3. The Physics of Droplets
    4. Electrowetting Theory
    5. EWOD Microsystems
    6. Introduction to Liquid Dielectrophoresis
    7. Electrowetting on Curved Surfaces
    8. Biological Applications of EWOD
    9. Cell Manipulations in EWOD
    10. Chemical Applications
    11. DMF for Optofluidic Microdevices
    12. Droplet on Deformable Surfaces - Elasto-Capillarity and Electro-Elasto-Capillarity
    13. Acoustic Methods for Manipulating Droplets
    14. Introduction to Droplet Microfluidics and Multiphase Microflows
    15. Epilog

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