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Introduction |
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The birth of microfluidics |
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Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices |
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Microfluidics and chemical engineering |
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Astonishing microfluidic systems in nature |
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Different aspects of microfluidics |
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16 | (2) |
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Possibilities offered by nanofluidics |
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Perspectives on microfluidics |
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1 Physics at the micrometric scale |
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1.2 Ranges of forces of microscopic origin |
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1.3 Microscopic scales intervening in liquids and gases |
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36 | (2) |
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1.4 Micromanipulation of molecules and cells in microsystems |
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38 | (7) |
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1.5 The physics of miniaturization |
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1.6 Miniaturization of electrostatic systems |
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1.7 Miniaturization of electromagnetic systems |
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59 | (3) |
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1.8 Miniaturization of mechanical systems |
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62 | (3) |
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1.9 Miniaturization of thermal systems |
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65 | (2) |
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1.10 Miniaturization of systems for chemical analysis |
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67 | (2) |
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2 Hydrodynamics of microfluidic systems |
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2.2 Hypotheses of hydrodynamics |
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2.3 Hydrodynamics of gases in microsystems |
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2.4 Flow of liquids with slip at the surface |
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2.6 Microfluidics involving inertial effects |
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2.7 Interface phenomena: a few ideas about capillarity |
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2.8 Microfluidics of drops and bubbles |
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120 | (2) |
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2.9 Diphasic flows, emulsions in microsystems |
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3 Diffusion, mixing, and separation in microsystems |
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3.2 The microscopic origin of diffusion processes |
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3.3 Advection-diffusion equation and its properties |
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3.4 Analysis of some diffusion phenomena |
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3.5 Analysis of dispersion phenomena |
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3.6 Notions on chaos and chaotic mixing |
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3.7 Mixing in microsystems: a few examples |
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152 | (8) |
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160 | (6) |
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3.9 Dispersion with chemical kinetics |
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166 | (9) |
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175 | (12) |
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187 | (2) |
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4 The electrohydrodynamics of microsystems |
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4.2 Brief review of electrokinetics |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (3) |
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200 | (11) |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (2) |
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5 Microfluidics and thermal transfers |
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216 | (1) |
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5.2 Conduction of heat in gases, liquids, and solids |
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217 | (3) |
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5.3 Gas flows at moderate Knudsen numbers |
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5.4 Convection-diffusion heat equation and properties |
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5.5 Thermalization of a heat source in a microsystem |
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227 | (2) |
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5.6 Heat transfers in the presence of flows in microsystems |
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5.7 Evaporation and boiling |
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234 | (5) |
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5.8 Microexchangers for electronic components |
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6 An introduction to microfabrication |
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244 | (1) |
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6.2 Current situation of microtechnologies |
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6.3 The environment of microfabrication |
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248 | (1) |
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6.5 Microfabrication methods for silicon and glass MEMS |
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254 | (19) |
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6.6 Methods of fabrication of plastic MEMS |
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273 | (7) |
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280 | (2) |
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7 Some microfluidic devices |
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282 | (14) |
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282 | (1) |
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7.2 Examples of microfluidic structures |
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282 | (6) |
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7.3 A ubiquitous microplumbing problem: connections |
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288 | (2) |
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7.4 Examples of microfabricated valves and pumps |
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Conclusion |
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Index |
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