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| Introduction |
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The birth of microfluidics |
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8 | (3) |
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Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices |
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11 | (2) |
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Microfluidics and chemical engineering |
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13 | (2) |
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Astonishing microfluidic systems in nature |
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15 | (1) |
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Different aspects of microfluidics |
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16 | (2) |
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Possibilities offered by nanofluidics |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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Perspectives on microfluidics |
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21 | (3) |
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21 | (3) |
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Physics at the micrometric scale |
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24 | (46) |
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24 | (2) |
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Ranges of forces of microscopic origin |
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26 | (10) |
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Microscopic scales intervening in liquids and gases |
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36 | (2) |
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Micromanipulation of molecules and cells in microsystems |
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38 | (7) |
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The physics of miniaturization |
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45 | (9) |
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Miniaturization of electrostatic systems |
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54 | (5) |
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Miniaturization of electromagnetic systems |
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59 | (3) |
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Miniaturization of mechanical systems |
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62 | (3) |
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Miniaturization of thermal systems |
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65 | (2) |
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Miniaturization of systems for chemical analysis |
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67 | (3) |
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69 | (1) |
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Hydrodynamics of microfluidic systems |
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70 | (60) |
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70 | (1) |
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Hypotheses of hydrodynamics |
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71 | (10) |
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Hydrodynamics of gases in microsystems |
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81 | (5) |
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Flow of liquids with slip at the surface |
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86 | (4) |
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90 | (11) |
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Microfluidics involving inertial effects |
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101 | (4) |
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Interface phenomena: a few ideas about capillarity |
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105 | (15) |
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Microfluidics of drops and bubbles |
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120 | (2) |
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Diphasic flows, emulsions in microsystems |
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122 | (8) |
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127 | (3) |
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Diffusion, mixing, and separation in microsystems |
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130 | (59) |
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130 | (1) |
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The microscopic origin of diffusion processes |
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131 | (5) |
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Advection-diffusion equation and its properties |
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136 | (5) |
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Analysis of some diffusion phenomena |
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141 | (3) |
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Analysis of dispersion phenomena |
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144 | (4) |
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Notions on chaos and chaotic mixing |
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148 | (4) |
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Mixing in microsystems: a few examples |
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152 | (8) |
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160 | (6) |
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Dispersion with chemical kinetics |
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166 | (9) |
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175 | (14) |
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187 | (2) |
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The electrohydrodynamics of microsystems |
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189 | (27) |
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189 | (2) |
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Brief review of electrokinetics |
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191 | (6) |
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197 | (3) |
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200 | (11) |
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211 | (5) |
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214 | (2) |
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Microfluidics and thermal transfers |
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216 | (28) |
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216 | (1) |
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Conduction of heat in gases, liquids, and solids |
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217 | (3) |
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Gas flows at moderate Knudsen numbers |
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220 | (1) |
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Convection-diffusion heat equation and properties |
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221 | (6) |
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Thermalization of a heat source in a microsystem |
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227 | (2) |
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Heat transfers in the presence of flows in microsystems |
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229 | (5) |
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234 | (5) |
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Microexchangers for electronic components |
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239 | (3) |
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242 | (2) |
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242 | (2) |
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An introduction to microfabrication |
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244 | (38) |
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244 | (1) |
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Current situation of microtechnologies |
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244 | (4) |
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The environment of microfabrication |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (6) |
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Microfabrication methods for silicon and glass MEMS |
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254 | (19) |
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Methods of fabrication of plastic MEMS |
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273 | (9) |
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280 | (2) |
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Some microfluidic devices |
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282 | (14) |
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282 | (1) |
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Examples of microfluidic structures |
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282 | (6) |
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A ubiquitous microplumbing problem: connections |
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288 | (2) |
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Examples of microfabricated valves and pumps |
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290 | (6) |
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295 | (1) |
| Conclusion |
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296 | (3) |
| Index |
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