Fluid Dynamics & Fluid Mechanics

Microfluidics

Microfluidics is the study of precise control and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small, normally sub millimeter, range. It has application in various fields like engineering, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology, from real applications to the plan of systems in which little volumes of fluids are used to attain multiplexing, automation etc. It has appeared in the beginning of the 1980s and is used in the expansion of inkjet print heads, DNA chips, lab-on-a-chip technology, micro-propulsion and micro-thermal technologies.