A few upstream bifurcations drive the spatial distribution of red blood cells in model microfluidic networks.
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DOI: 10.1039/d1sm01141c
Abstract: The physics of blood flow in small vessel networks is dominated by the interactions between Red Blood Cells (RBCs), plasma and blood vessel walls. The resulting couplings between the microvessel network architecture and the heterogeneous… read more here.
Keywords: model microfluidic; blood cells; microfluidic networks; red blood ... See more keywords
Robustness Analysis for Droplet-Based Microfluidic Networks
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DOI: 10.1109/tcad.2019.2962777
Abstract: Microfluidic networks can be applied to droplet-based Lab-on-a-Chip devices, where droplets are used to confine samples which flow through closed microchannels along different paths in order to execute (bio-)chemical experiments. In order to allow this… read more here.
Keywords: droplet based; robustness analysis; microfluidic networks; design ... See more keywords
Microfluidic networks embedded in a printed circuit board
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DOI: 10.1142/s0217984917400176
Abstract: In order to improve the robustness of microfluidic networks in printed circuit board (PCB)-based microfluidic platforms, a new method was presented. A pattern in a PCB was formed using hollowed-out technology. Polydimethylsiloxane was partly filled… read more here.
Keywords: printed circuit; circuit board; networks embedded; microfluidic networks ... See more keywords