Browsing by Subject "lab-on-a-chip"
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(2012-01-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe use of electric fields to control colloids has proven to be a promising form of actuation for microfluidic devices. However, limiting our ability to exert precise control over colloidal samples using this technique is ...
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(2007-08-02)Department: Biomedical EngineeringT cells occupy a central role in cell-mediated immunity and as such, deciphering the signaling events that govern T cell activity is critical in fully understanding the adaptive immune response. Current immunologic ...
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(2009-07-29)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAC-dielelectrophoresis is utilized inside a lab-on-a-chip device to separate particles and cells. Dielectrophoresis is the movement of particles in a non-uniform electric field due to the interaction of the particle's ...
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(2008-12-06)Department: Mechanical EngineeringSince the biological reagents and particles exist in a fluidic natural environment, microfluidics-based lab-on-a-chip devices render excellent platforms for relevant biomedical manipulations and assays. This emerging field ...