MicrofluidicsNANS 511Peter Zhou

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Microfluidic Devices

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Other Applications of Microfluidics

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Why Microfluidics• Predictable fluid behavior• Accurate spatial control • Reduced sample volume• Lower cost• Parallel processing

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Microfluidic Devices Engineering

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Bernoulli’s Equation• Based on energy balance

• Quick and easy way to determine stream conditions, given that the fluid flow regime is stable

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Bernoulli’s Equation

𝑃1𝜌𝑔 +

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2𝑔 +𝑍1=𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡

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Dimensionless Numbers• Dimensionless numbers characterizes certain properties of flow• It also helps with scaling up or down the process• Reynolds Number

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Dimensionless Numbers• Peclet Number • Compares the transverse mass transfer rate to the diffusion rate• Want to minimize the effects of diffusion

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Dimensionless Numbers• Capillary Number • Compares the viscous effect to the surface tension effect

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Class ExerciseYou are asked to design a microfluidic channel of a cylindrical shape to funnel incoming fluids. The fluid flow rate was determined to be 1E-9 m3/s. The channel is 2 micron in diameter. The density and the viscosity of the fluid are 1000 kg/m3 and 1E-3 Pa.s, respectively. Determine the fluid velocity and Reynolds number.

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Solution

1. = 636

2. Not the behavior you want in a microfluidic device

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Mechanical Application• With sophisticated microfluidic channels, sophisticated

controller and actuators are needed• Pumps, valves, etc

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Microfluidic Devices Engineering Microfluidics in Nanoscience

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Diagnostic and Imagining Applications• Lab-on-Chip devices

• Glucose meter • Pregnancy test

• Organ-on-Chip• Colorimetric assays

• pH paper

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Microfluidics Paper-based Analytical Devices (μPAD)• μPAD• Inexpensive• Easily Disposed• Independent of lab machines• Biologically Compatible

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Chromatography Paper

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Cost of different types of paper

Per Unit Area Cost

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Microfluidics based Analytical Devices (μPAD)• Photolithographic technique for patterning paper

• Channel width of 186 microns and barrier width of 248 microns• Well defined geometry compared to wax technique

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Microfluidics based Analytical Devices (μPAD)

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• Microfluidics is a fast and a cost effective method of processing analytes compared to conventional methods• Fundamentals of designing a microfluidic chamber• Evaluated flow velocity and determined the flow regime

• Many different applications in imaging and diagnostics and many more to come• What about nanofluidics?• Even smaller in scale, surface charges plays a role in system behavior

Use of Microfluidic Devices Engineering Microfluidics in Nanoscience

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Questions?

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