Browsing by Subject "Microfluidics"
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A Microfluidic Model to Study Host-Microbiota Interactions in the Colorectal Tumor Microenvironemnt (2022-11-29)The colonic microbiota has been identified as a key player in the development of colorectal cancer. While changes in microbiota composition and function correlate with disease progression and treatment outcome, the mechanism ...
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(2016-08-09)Microfluidic acoustophoresis is a nonlinear acoustic phenomenon that can induce the motion of microparticles or cells under acoustic excitations in microfluidic devices. Existing acoustophoresis models, which are derived ...
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(2015-12-09)Two different type of microfluidic devices were designed, fabricated and tested to capture the microspheres. The passive device seems to be more reliable because of no possibility of damage, whereas the thin film in active ...
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(2021-04-22)The United States and other nations plan to return humans to the surface of the Moon in this decade. On the horizon, the United States plans to send humans to the surface of Mars. Multiphase fluid systems, including boiling ...
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(2012-02-14)Combination chemotherapies that introduce multi-agent treatments to target cancer cells are emerging as new paradigms to overcome chemotherapy resistance and side effects involved with conventional monotherapies. In ...
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(2010-01-14)The most commonly known macro scale probing devices are simply comprised of metallic leads used for measuring electrical signals. On the other hand, micromachined probing devices are realized using microfabrication techniques ...
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(2009-05-15)Recent advances in microfluidic technologies have enabled integration of the functional units for biological and chemical analysis onto miniaturized chips, called Labon- a-Chip (LOC). However, the effective manipulation ...
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(2021-12-09)Tuberculosis, the disease caused by the mycobacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. The illness has been afflicting humans for ...
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(2018-05-01)A microfluidic filtration device based on the configuration of two curved parallel lanes connected through a narrow bridge is investigated in this study. The bridge is oriented perpendicular to the main flow direction, ...
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(2015-09-25)Microalgae are emerging as a source of future biofuel due to high oil productivity and low environmental impact. Optimizing microalgal growth and oil production by the study of growth conditions will address the high ...
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Leveraging Microfluidics and Electrokinetics to Improve Sample Preparation and Biomarker Detection (2023-03-30)With the advent of global pandemics, the world has developed a demonstrable need for rapid and low-cost testing platforms for diagnostics. Microfluidic diagnostics can meet this demand due to the versatility and scalability ...
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(2012-11-16)The lymphatic system plays an important role in fluid and protein balance within the interstitial spaces. Its dysfunction could result in a number of debilitating diseases, namely lymphedema. Lymphatic vessels utilize both ...
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(2021-10-19)Emerging microelectromechanical system (MEMS) based platforms show great prospects in bio-MEMS applications recently. Three platforms were proposed and demonstrated based on polymer, paper, and hydrogel substrates for ...
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(2012-02-14)This dissertation investigates the emulsification of aqueous liquid in immiscible organic liquid in various microfluidic environments, and addresses both experimental characterization and theoretical interpretation of the ...
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(2016-05-05)A static droplet array was used for growth investigation of single-and multiple cells of two Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains (FY2 and SM14/P1A2). The observed encapsulation efficiency for single cells was 36.4% which was ...
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(2017-05-08)Neurodegenerative diseases are extremely debilitating and affect a large portion of the population. Quality care for diseases such as multiple sclerosis relies heavily on the development of therapeutic agents by pharmaceutical ...
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(2012-10-19)In the cancer research, it is important to understand protein dynamics which are involved in cell signaling. Therefore, particular protein detection and analysis of target protein behavior are indispensable for current ...
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(2012-12-07)Microfluidic technology is a useful tool to help answer unsolved problems in multidisciplinary fields, including molecular biology, clinical pathology and the pharmaceutical industry.Current microfluidic based devices with ...
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(2023-01-23)Point of care (POC) instruments are a growing class of diagnostic tools designed for use in low resource settings, such as population screening, and rapid testing in traditional healthcare settings. The current state of ...
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(2023-08-09)The recent outbreak of SARS-COVID-2 virus has emphasized the necessity for low-cost, portable, rapid, and sensitive biomolecule handling and detection systems for effective monitoring and management of pandemics and other ...