Main description:

This book addresses Lab-on-a-Chip devices. It focuses on microfluidic technologies that have emerged in the past decade. Coverage presents a comprehensive listing of the most promising microfluidic technologies in the Lab-on-a-Chip field. It also details technologies that can be viewed as toolboxes needed to set up complex Lab-on-a-Chip systems.

Contents:

Microfluidics: Fundamentals and Engineering Concepts.- Electrohydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Micropumps.- Mixing in Microscale.- Control of Liquids by Surface Energies.- Electrowetting: Thermodynamic Foundation and Application to Microdevices.- Magnetic Beads in Microfluidic Systems - Towards New Analytical Applications.- Manipulation of Microobjects by Optical Tweezers.- Dielectrophoretic Microfluidics.- Ultrasonic Particle Manipulation.- Electrophoresis in Microfluidic Systems.- Chromatography in Microstructures.- Microscale Field-Flow Fractionation: Theory and Practice.- Nucleic Acid Amplification in Microsystems.- Cytometry on Microfluidic Chips.