Microfluidic Assembly

Sorting can be seen as a preliminary assembly step. Particle sorting has been known as a common application for microfluidic devices and could be integrated into a microfluidic assembly system. While most sorting methods utilize spherical components, railed microfluidic chaimels have been created to sort and control orientation of non-geometric components [6]. Furthermore, concept of space confinement within a microfluidic channel has been applied to the assembly of microscale components into structures that resemble polymer chains [7]. 

Schneider TM, Mandre S, Brenner MP (2011) Algorithm for a microfluidic assembly line. Phys Rev Lett 106(9) 094503 (4 pp.)... 

Microfluidic assembly refers to the realization of devices and systems for handling and analyzing microUter or nanoliter amounts of fluid through... 

Microfluidic Assembly, Fig. 2 Illustration of stacked-module approach, where the microfluidic system is composed of stacked modules that each perform speciflc functions and are aligned and assembled together vertically in a jig... 

Microfluidic Assembly, Fig. 3 Examples of glued couplers between on-chlp and off-chip devices (a) illustrations of capillary tube glued in microchannel fabricated by wet anisotropic etching of silicon (b) capillary tubing coupler with holes etched in silicon by DRIE such that... 

Microfluidic Assembly, Fig. 6 Photographs of example press fit interconnect structures (a) arrays of interlocking silicon fingers (b) silicon hexagonal interlocking interconnects (c) mating silicon notched cylinders and silicon... 

A. Kulkarni, R. VerHeul, K. DeFrees, C.J. Collins, R.A. Schuldt, A. Vlahu, and D.H. Thompson, Microfluidic assembly of cationic-[small p]-cyclodextrin hyaluronic acid-ada-mantane hostguest pDNA ncmopcuticles. Biomater. Sci., 1 (10), 1029-1033, 2013. 

Microfluidic Assembly, Figure 1 Modular microfluidic board approach ... 

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