Inertio-elastic focusing of bioparticles in a microchannel at ultra-high throughput
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Author(s)
Lim, Eugene J. (Eugene Jungsud), 1980-
Advisor(s)
Mehmet Toner and Gareth H. McKinley.
Date Issued
2014
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Many biological and industrial fluids are filled with micro-scale particles that can serve as "state markers" for real-world issues, such as human health and public infrastructure. In order to extract this valuable information from such fluids, the controlled manipulation of particles is often necessary. Microfluidic technologies based on viscosity-dominant flows have achieved this essential step in small-volume (> 1) and elasticity (Wi >> 1) are present, we anticipate the development of: 1) numerical models to provide insight into the physical basis of this novel phenomenon, and 2) microfluidic technologies capable of rapidly processing very large volumes (-0(1000 ml)) of biological and industrial fluids.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014.
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Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-106).
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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