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Microfluidics

Modeling, Mechanics and Mathematics

  • 2nd Edition - October 7, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Bastian E. Rapp
  • Language: English

Microfluidics: Modeling, Mechanics and Mathematics, Second Edition provides a practical, lab-based approach to nano- and microfluidics, including a wealth of practical technique… Read more

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Microfluidics: Modeling, Mechanics and Mathematics, Second Edition provides a practical, lab-based approach to nano- and microfluidics, including a wealth of practical techniques, protocols and experiments ready to be put into practice in both research and industrial settings. This practical approach is ideally suited to researchers and R&D staff in industry. Additionally, the interdisciplinary approach to the science of nano- and microfluidics enables readers from a range of different academic disciplines to broaden their understanding. Alongside traditional fluid/transport topics, the book contains a wealth of coverage of materials and manufacturing techniques, chemical modification/surface functionalization, biochemical analysis, and the biosensors involved.

This fully updated new edition also includes new sections on viscous flows and centrifugal microfluidics, expanding the types of platforms covered to include centrifugal, capillary and electro kinetic platforms.

Key features

  • Provides a practical guide to the successful design and implementation of nano- and microfluidic processes (e.g., biosensing) and equipment (e.g., biosensors, such as diabetes blood glucose sensors)
  • Provides techniques, experiments and protocols that are ready to be put to use in the lab, or in an academic or industry setting
  • Presents a collection of 3D-CAD and image files on a companion website

Readership

Materials scientists and engineers

Table of contents

Part I: Fundamentals

1. Introduction

2. Introduction to Maple

3. Engineering Mathematics

4. Series

5. Transforms

6. Thermodynamics

7. Vector Calculus

8. Differential Equations

Part II: Bulk Fluid Flows

9. Fluids

10. Conservation of Mass: The Continuity Equation

11. Conservation of Momentum: The Navier-Stokes Equation

12. Conservation of Energy: The Energy Equation and the Thermodynamic Equation of State

13. Continuity and Navier-Stokes Equations in Different Coordinate Systems

14. The Circular Flow Tube

15. Analytical Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equation

16. Analytical Solutions to Poiseuille Flow Problems in Different Geometries

17. Hydraulic Resistance

18. Analytical Solutions to Transient Flow Problems

19. Taylor-Aris Dispersion

Part III: Fluid Surface Effects

20. Surface Tension

21. Capillarity

22. Measuring Surface Tension and Free Surface Energy

23. Plateau-Rayleigh Instability

24. The Shape of Drops

Part IV: Numerics

25. Numerical Methods for Linear Systems of Equations

26. Numerical Solutions to Nonlinear Systems: Newton’s Method

27. Numerical Methods for Solving Differential Equations

28. Numerical Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equation

29. Computational Fluid Dynamics

30. Finite Difference Method

31. Finite Volume Method

32. Finite Element Method

33. Numerical Solutions to Transient Flow Problems

34. Numerical Solutions to Three-Dimensional Flow Problems

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 7, 2022
  • Language: English

About the author

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Bastian E. Rapp

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bastian E. Rapp is a full professor of process technology at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the head of the NeptunLab, University of Freiburg, Germany. For his work, he was awarded, among others, the Edison Prize of the General Electric (GE) Foundation, the GMM award, and the Südwestmetall-Förderpreis. In 2019, he received an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for his work on tactile displays for the visually impaired. His work has been published in the most important international journals, including Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Nature, and Science, and has been featured in national and international radio and print media, including the BBC, The New York Times, and the Discovery Channel. In 2021, he was nominated by the German Minister of Research and Education, Anja Karliczek, for the German Future Award of the German President for Technology and Innovation. In 2022, he was nominated for the German Future Award of the German President for Technology and Innovation with his spin-off company Glassomer for the development of a new generation of techniques for high-resolution structuring of glass. His research focuses on the development of novel materials, processes, and applications in microsystem engineering, life sciences, and biotechnology, as well as instrumental and clinical analytics.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Group, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

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