Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook, (Volume I)

The Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook: Two-Volume Set comprehensively captures the cross-disciplinary breadth of micro- and nanofluidics, which encompass the biological sciences, chemistry, physics and engineering applications. To fill the knowledge gap between engineering and the basic sciences, the editors pulled together key individuals, well known in their respective areas, to author chapters that help graduate students, scientists, and practicing engineers understand the overall area of microfluidics and nanofluidics.

Highlights

• Discusses basic microbiology and chemistry related to microfluidics
• Explains fabrication techniques
• Emphasizes applications of microfluidics in the energy sector
• Describes micro-fuel cells and lab-on-a-chip
• Presents example tables, graphs, and equations

Covering physics and transport phenomena along with life sciences and related applications, Volume One: Chemistry, Physics, and Life Science Principles provides readers with the fundamental science background that are required for the study of microfluidics and nanofluidics. Volume Two: Fabrication, Implementation, and Applications focuses on topics related to experimental and numerical methods, followed by chapters on fabrications and other applications, ranging from aerospace to biological systems. Both volumes include as much interdisciplinary knowledge as possible to reflect the inherent nature of this area, making them valuable to students and practitioners.

Volume I : Chemistry, Physics, and Life Science Principles

Part I : Physics and Transport Phenomena
Chapter 1 : An Overview of Continuum Description of Fluid Flow and Transport Processes
Chapter 2 : Microscale Gas Flow Dynamics and Molecular Models for Gas Flow and Heat Transfer
Chapter 3 : Calculations of Rarefied Gas Flows in Free-Molecular and Transitional Regimes
Chapter 4 : Ideal Gas Flows Through Microchannels - Revisited
Chapter 5 : Pressure-Driven Flow in Microchannels
Chapter 6 : Applications of Magnetohydrodynamics in Microfluidics
Chapter 7 : Diffusio-Osmosis of Electrolyte Solutions in Microscale and Nanoscale
Chapter 8 : Electrodics in Electrochemical Energy Conversion Systems : Microstructure and Pore-Scale Transport
Chapter 9 : Van der Waals Interaction
Chapter 10 : Single-Particle Colloidal Hydrodynamics
Chapter 11 : Mass Transfer Issues in Micro- and Nanoscale
Chapter 12 : Gas Transport in Microcapillaries, Nanocapillaries, and Porous Media
Chapter 13 : Polymer Transport in Nanochannels
Chapter 14 : Fluid Friction and Heat Transfer in Microchannels
Chapter 15 : Nonboiling Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels
Chapter 16 : Heat Transfer Analysis in Electro-Osmotically Driven Microchannel Flows
Chapter 17 : Analysis of Modes during Bubble Growth in Saturated Film Boiling
Chapter 18 : Physics and Modeling of Turbulent Transport

Part II : Life Sciences and Related Applications
Chapter 19 : Biotechnology for Bioengineers
Chapter 20 : Cellular Biomicrofluidics
Chapter 21 : Cell Lysis Techniques in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology
Chapter 22 : Microfluidic Cell Culture Devices
Chapter 23 : Probing Cells with Nanotechnology
Chapter 24 : Genomics and DNA Microarrays
Chapter 25 : Micro-PCR Devices for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications
Chapter 26 : Microscopic Hemorheology and Hemodynamics

Index