Chapter 3Design of Hydrodynamically Confined Microflow Devices with Numerical Modeling: Controlling Flow Envelope, Pressure, and Shear Stress

Choongbae Park1, Kevin V. Christ2 and Kevin T. Turner2

1Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 700 University Blvd., MSC 191, Kingsville, TX, 78363, USA

2University of Pennsylvania, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 220 South 33rd Street, 229 Towne Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6315, USA

3.1 Introduction

Microfluidic probes (MFPs) are devices that are engineered to deliver minute volumes (e.g., nano- or picoliters) of liquid in controlled flows in a specific region within larger liquid environments. MFPs have a number of applications ...

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