Main description:

Design Automation Methods and Tools for Microfluidics-Based Biochips deals with all aspects of design automation for microfluidics-based biochips. Experts have contributed chapters on many aspects of biochip design automation. Topics covered include: device modeling; adaptation of bioassays for on-chip implementations; numerical methods and simulation tools; architectural synthesis, scheduling and binding of assay operations; physical design and module placement; fault modeling and testing; and reconfiguration methods.

Contents:

Preface. 1) F. Su, K. Chakrabarty and R. B. Fair, 'Microfluidics-based biochips: technology issues, implementation platforms, and design automation challenges' 2) Jun Zeng, 'Modeling and Simulation of Electrified Droplets and Its Application to Computer-Aid Design of Digital Microfluidics' 3) Jan Lienemann, Andreas Greiner, and Jan G. Korvink, 'Modelling, Simulation and Optimization of Electrowetting' 4) Xin Wang, Jacob White, Joe Kanapka, Wenjing Ye, Narayan Aluru, 'Algorithms in FastStokes and its application to micromachined device simulation' 5) Yi Wang, Qiao Lin, Tamal Mukherjee, 'Composable Behavioral Models and Schematic-Based Simulation of Electrokinetic Lab-on-a-Chips' 6) Michael D. Altman, Jaydeep P. Bardhan, Bruce Tidor, Jacob K. White, 'FFTSVD: A Fast Multiscale Boundary Element Method Solver Suitable for BioMEMS and Biomolecule Simulation' 7) Dmitry Vasilyev, Michal Rewienski, Jacob White, 'Macromodel generation for BioMEMS components using a stabilized Balanced Truncation plus Trajectory Piecewise Linear Approach' 8) A. S. Bedekar, Y. Wang, S. Krishnamoorthy, S. S. Siddhaye, and S. Sundaram, 'System-level simulation of pressure-driven and electrokinetic flow induced dispersion in lab-on-a-ch...' 9) R. Magargle, J.F. Hoburg, T. Mukherjee, 'Microfluidic Injector Models Based On Artificial Neural Networks' 10) A.B. Kahng, I.I. Mandoiu, S. Reda, X. Xu, and A.Z. Zelikovsky, 'Computer-Aided Optimization of DNA Array Design and Manufacturing' 11) Anton J. Pfeiffer, Tamal Mukherjee, and Steinar Hauan, 'Synthesis of Multiplexed Biofluidic Microchips' 12) Karl F. Boehringer, 'Modeling and Controlling Parallel Tasks in Droplet-Based Microfluidic Systems' 13) Eric J. Griffith, Srinivas Akella, Mark Goldberg, 'Performance Characterization of aReconfigurable Planar Array Digital Microfluidic System' 14) Sungroh Yoon, Luca Benini, Giovanni De Micheli, 'A Pattern Mining Method for High-throughput Lab-on-a-chip Data Analysis' Index.