MICROFLUIDICS: Stir Bars in Miniature

Micro Magnetic Stir-bars Integrated in Parylene Su~ace-micromachined Channels for Mixing and Pumping

We report the design, fabrication, and testing results of a micro magnetic stir-bar monolithically integrated in Parylene surface-micromachined channels with small tip-tochannel clearance. We demonstrated two applications of such stir bars: mixing and pumping.

Counter-rotating bars within bars

The dynamical stability and evolution of disc galaxies with different disc thickness as well as various fraction and concentration of stellar counter-rotation is investigated with self-consistent numerical simulations. In particular, systems of nested, counter-rotating, stable bars are presented. As for the direct case, the nuclear secondary bar rotates faster than the primary bar. Contrary to ...

STIR Description of the STIR implementation of FBP 3 DRP

Dynamics analysis of microparticles in inertial microfluidics for biomedical applications

Inertial microfluidics-based devices have recently attracted much interest and attention due to their simple structure, high throughput, fast processing and low cost. They have been utilised in a wide range of applications in microtechnology, especially for sorting and separating microparticles. This novel class of microfluidics-based devices works based on intrinsic forces, which cause micropa...

Microtubule Motors in Microfluidics

Kinesin motor proteins carry out a range of transport functions in eukaryotic cells including long-distance transport in neurons and the movement of chromosomes during cell division. Because emerging microfluidic devices utilize channel geometries similar to cellular scales and because these devices generally require transport through these channels, there is significant interest in incorporati...