CLASS TITLE:
Microfluidic
Systems
Graduate Programme on
Microsystems and Nanodevices of the
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Class title: |
Microfluidic Systems |
Semester:
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Optional Course, Spring Semester |
Instructors:
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I. Anagnostopoulos, D. Mathioulakis, A. Tserepi |
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Contents |
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Basic concepts and conservation laws based on the theory of continuous media
(continuity equation, conservation of momentum, angular equation and energy) -
Slip and non-slip boundary conditions (Knudsen number).
Solutions of flow field in microchannels under conditions of rarefied gas -
Principles of design and operation of mechanical and
non-mechanical micro-pumps. Simulation methods. -
Microsensors for measurement of pressure, fluid velocity, and shear stress - Flow control with MEMS -
Microtechnology
for fabrication of microfluidic systems (on Si, glass, plastic substrates) -
Packaging technology (sealing, interconnects) -
Applications in (bio)chemical microanalysis
(separation methods
and examples of micro-total analysis systems) |