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2. Background

Authors : Andreas Grimmer, Robert Wille

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Abstract

Microfluidics deals with the manipulation and control of small amounts of fluids and is frequently applied for Lab-on-a-Chip devices. In this chapter, the background on microfluidics including an overview of possible platforms is reviewed. Afterwards, this chapter focuses on droplet microfluidic networks, which are considered in this book. Finally, details on the hardware and software setup are provided, which has been applied for implementing and evaluating the proposed design methods.

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Metadata
Title
Background
Authors
Andreas Grimmer
Robert Wille
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Designing Droplet Microfluidic Networks

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20712-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20713-7

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20713-7_2