Introduction to Microfluidics - Hardcover

Tabeling, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198568649 ISBN 13: 9780198568643

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2005

Synopsis

Microfluidics deals with fluids flowing in miniaturized systems. It is a young discipline, which is expected to substantially expand over the next few years, stimulated by the considerable development of applications in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and chemical engineering domains.
The book is an introduction to this discipline. In the first chapter, it presents a short historical background and discusses the main perspectives of the domain, at economical and scientific levels. Then the physics of miniaturization and the fluid mechanics of microflows are discussed. In the following three chapters, dispersion, electrical and thermal phenomena in miniaturized devices are presented. A brief introduction to microfabrication techniques is given in chapter six and the book concludes by providing a few examples of microfluidic systems.
The book is written in a simple, direct, pedagogical way. It emphasizes concepts and understanding, rather than technical detail. It offers a cross-disciplinary view of the field embracing biological, chemical, physical and engineering perspectives. By using the book, the reader will have concepts, methods and data to grasp situations which typically arise in microfluidic systems.

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About the Author

PATRICK TABELING

ESPCI, 10 RUE VAUQUELIN, 75231 PARIS (FRANCE)

1976 -1984 Appointed Chargé de Recherches CNRS at LGEP
1984 -1985 NSF postdoctoral fellowship at University of Chicago
1985 - 1990 Chargé de Recherches CNRS at Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris)
1990 - 2001 Directeur de Recherches CNRS at Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris
1996 - Appointed Professeur Chargé de Cours at Ecole Polytechnique
1999 - 2000 Visiting professor at UCLA
2001- present Appointed Professor at ESPCI (Paris)
Directeur de Recherches CNRS at ESPCI

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198568649
• ISBN 13: 9780198568643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310