Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook

Sushanta K. Mitra, Suman Chakraborty

Physics and Transport Phenomena: An Overview of Continuum Description of Fluid Flow and Transport Processes. Microscale Gas Flow Dynamics and Molecular Models for Gas Flow and Heat Transfer. Calculations of Rarefied Gas Flows in Free-Molecular and Transitional Regimes. Ideal Gas Flows through Micro-Channels—Revisited. Pressure-Driven Flow in Microchannels. Applications of Magnetohydrodynamics in Microfluidics. Diffusio-Osmosis of Electrolyte Solutions in Microscale and Nanoscale. Electrodics in Electrochemical Energy Conversion Systems: Microstructure and Pore-Scale Transport. Van der Waals Interaction. Single-Particle Colloidal Hydrodynamics. Mass Transfer Issues in Micro- and Nanoscale. Gas Transport in Microcapillaries, Nanocapillaries, and Porous Media. Polymer Transport in Nanochannels. Fluid Friction and Heat Transfer in Microchannels. Nonboiling Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels. Heat Transfer Analysis in Electro-Osmotically Driven Microchannel Flows. Analysis of Modes during Bubble Growth in Saturated Film Boiling. Physics and Modeling of Turbulent Transport. Life Sciences and Related Applications: Biotechnology for Bioengineers. Cellular Biomicrofluidics. Cell Lysis Techniques in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology. Microfluidic Cell Culture Devices. Probing Cells with Nanotechnology. Genomics and DNA Microarrays. Micro-PCR Devices for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications. Microscopic Hemorheology and Hemodynamics. Index.