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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366592003321

Autore

Grimmer Andreas

Titolo

Designing Droplet Microfluidic Networks : A Toolbox for Designers  / / by Andreas Grimmer, Robert Wille

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-20713-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages)

Disciplina

532.05

Soggetti

Electronic circuits

Biomedical engineering

Electronics

Microelectronics

Circuits and Systems

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Background -- Simulation of Droplet Microfluidic Networks -- Dimensioning of Droplet Microfluidic Networks -- Designing Meanders -- Passive Droplet Routing -- Designing Application-specific Architectures -- Generating Droplet Sequences -- Integrated Design Process -- Summary and Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes automatic methods for the design of droplet microfluidic networks. The authors discuss simulation and design methods which support the design process of droplet microfluidics in general, as well as design methods for a dedicated droplet routing mechanism, namely passive droplet routing. The methods discussed allow for simulating a microfluidic design on a high-abstraction level, which facilitates early validation of whether a design works as intended, automatically dimensioning a microfluidic design, so that constraints like flow conditions are satisfied, and automatically generating meander designs for the respective needs and fabrication settings. Dedicated methods for passive droplet routing are discussed and allow



for designing application-specific architectures for a given set of experiments, as well as generating droplet sequences realizing the respective experiments. Together, these methods provide a comprehensive “toolbox" for designers working on droplet microfluidic networks in general and an integrated design flow for the passive droplet routing mechanism in particular. Provides both a comprehensive “toolbox" for designers working on droplet microfluidic networks in general and an integrated design flow for the passive droplet routing mechanism in particular; Describes for the first time CAD methods for droplet microfluidic networks, along with the first integrated design process; Includes open source implementations, in order to reach the largest possible user group within the domain of microfluidics.