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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction

Authors : Andreas Grimmer, Robert Wille

Published in: Designing Droplet Microfluidic Networks

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter provides an introduction into microfluidics in general and droplet microfluidic networks in particular. It briefly reviews the state-of-the-art design process for such devices and discusses the contributions made in this book to improve it. By this, the chapter gives an overview of the book and its contributions.

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A bypass channel [20] connects the endpoints of the two successor channels. This bypass cannot be entered by any droplet and is used to make the droplet routing only dependent on the resistances of the successors.
 
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Note that simulation as proposed in Chap. 3 often also provides the basis for other contributions (cf. Chap. 4 or 8) and, hence, is covered right after the Background in Chap. 3.
 
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Metadata
Title
Introduction
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_1