Microfluidics

Stéphane Colin is Professor at the University of Toulouse, France. He is the co-chair of the first European Conference on Microfluidics, and coordinates a European training network on gas microflows.

• Preface xiChapter 1. Introduction to Microflows 1Stéphane COLIN1.1. Fluid mechanics, fluidics and microfluidics 11.2. Scaling effects and microeffects 31.3. Original pumping techniques 141.4. Microfabrication and flows 181.5. Microfluidic applications 201.6. Bibliography 21Chapter 2. Gaseous Microflows 25Jean-Claude LENGRAND and Tatiana T. ELIZAROVA2.1. Continuum model and molecular model 252.2. Molecular description of a flow 382.3 Continuum description of a flow 512.4. Physical modeling 592.5. Examples of microflows 672.6. Bibliography 85Chapter 3. Liquid Microflows: Particularities and Modeling 89Christine BARROT and Jean-Pierre DELPLANQUE3.1. Introduction 893.2. Background, liquid microflow physics 903.3. Numerical simulation of microflows 1013.4. Non-mechanical active control of microflows 1103.5. Conclusions 1143.6. Bibliography 115Chapter 4. Physiological Microflows 121Jacques DUFAUX, Marc DURAND, Gérard GUIFFANT and Kristine JURSKI4.1. Description of the microvascular network 1214.2. Blood flow: an unusual means of transportation 1304.3. Instrumentation 1414.4. Description of flows and microcirculatory networks 1544.5. The microcirculatory system: an optimized transport network? 1744.6. Conclusion 1864.7. Bibliography 186Chapter 5. Single-Phase Heat Transfer 195Sedat TARDU5.1. Introduction 1955.2. Heat transfer in channels of conventional sizes 1965.3. “Macroeffects” in microchannels: single-phase liquid flows 2015.4. Gas microflows: rarefaction and compressibility 2115.5. Molecular effects of liquid flows in microchannels 2205.6. Electrostatic effects: interfacial electrostatic double layer 2225.7. Conclusion 2295.8. Acknowledgment 2295.9. Bibliography 230Chapter 6. Two-Phase Microflows 235Olivier LEBAIGUE6.1. Introduction 2356.2. Digital versus continuous two-phase microflows 2416.3. Basic phenomena 2446.4. Some peculiarities of two-phase flows in microchannels 2776.5. Bibliography 294Chapter 7. Experimental Methods 303Lucien BALDAS and Robert CAEN7.1. Introduction 3037.2. Measurements at the microscale: general overview 3037.3. Pressure measurements 3047.4. Flow rate measurements 3097.5. Temperature measurements 3267.6. Velocity measurements 328 7.7. Conclusion 3407.8. Acknowledgments 3407.9. Bibliography 340Chapter 8. Fluidic Microsystems 349Isabelle DUFOUR and Olivier FRANÇAIS8.1. Introduction 3498.2. Basic modules 3498.3. Examples of developments around microsystems 3658.4. Conclusion 3828.5. Bibliography 382Chapter 9. Microsystems in Macroflows Active Control 389Sedat TARDU9.1. Introduction 3899.2. Notions of active control 3909.3. Microsensors 3959.4. Microprobes in the flow 4219.5. Actuators 4229.6. Conclusion 4249.7. Bibliography 424List of Authors 433Index 435