Intervention of microfluidics in biofuel and bioenergy sectors: technological considerations and future prospects

R Banerjee, SPJ Kumar, N Mehendale, S Sevda… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biofuels/Bioenergy is renewable in nature by mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions
despite rapid economic growth and energy demand. Biodiesel and bioethanol production …

Design and fabrication of portable continuous flow PCR microfluidic chip for DNA replication

Z Li, Y Li, S Sekine, H Xi, A Amano, D Zhang… - Biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
The reasons for restricting continuous flow polymerase chain reaction (CF-PCR) microfluidic
chip from lab to application are that it is not portable and requires costly external precision …

Novel solvent bonding method for thermoplastic microfluidic chips

PC Chen, LH Duong - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel solvent bonding method aimed at improving the strength of
bonds formed between PMMA/PMMA, PMMA/PC, and PMMA/PET thermoplastic substrates …

Computational fluid dynamics analysis and optimisation of polymerase chain reaction thermal flow systems

HS Hamad, N Kapur, Z Khatir, OM Querin… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract A novel Computational Fluid Dynamics-enabled multi-objective optimisation
methodology for Polymerase Chain Reaction flow systems is proposed and used to explore …

Comparison of continuous-flow and static-chamber μPCR devices through a computational study: the potential of flexible polymeric substrates

VE Papadopoulos, G Kokkoris, IN Kefala… - Microfluidics and …, 2015 - Springer
Two types of micro-PCR (polymerase chain reaction) devices, a continuous-flow and a static-
chamber device, with specifications imposed from flexible printed circuit technology, are …

One-heater flow-through polymerase chain reaction device by heat pipes cooling

JJ Chen, MH Liao, KT Li, CM Shen - Biomicrofluidics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
This study describes a novel microfluidic reactor capable of flow-through polymerase chain
reactions (PCR). For one-heater PCR devices in previous studies, comprehensive …

Modeling heat losses in microfluidic devices: The case of static chamber devices for DNA amplification

VE Papadopoulos, IN Kefala, GD Kaprou… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of the functions integrated in lab-on-a-chip (LoC) systems require the heating and
cooling of samples in order to activate specific reactions. A common example in LoC …

Numerical and experimental study of capillary-driven flow of PCR solution in hybrid hydrophobic microfluidic networks

N Ramalingam, ME Warkiani, N Ramalingam… - Biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
Capillary-driven microfluidics is essential for development of point-of-care diagnostic micro-
devices. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based micro-devices are widely developed and …

Microfluidic chip for rapid mixing and uniform distribution of multiple reagents using commercial pipettes

PC Chen, YC Chen, CM Tsai - Microelectronic Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The mixing and distribution of reagents are fundamental processes in most biochemical
experiments; however, they can be time-consuming when they are executed with manual …

Numerical investigation of design and operating parameters of thermal gradient continuous-flow PCR microreactor using one heater

U Perwez, I Aziz, F Ahmed, M Raza Khan - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
To respond to the dire need for miniaturization and process simplification of continuous-flow
PCR (CF-PCR) device, this paper represents design and operation guide of a novel metal …