Microfluidic devices based on textile threads for analytical applications: state of the art and perspectives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deonir Agustini ◽  
Fabio Roberto Caetano ◽  
Reverson Fernandes Quero ◽  
Jose Alberto Fracassi da Silva ◽  
MF Bergamini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Analytical Applications ◽  
Inorganic Substrates

Microfluidic devices based on textile threads have interesting advantages when compared to systems made with traditional materials, such as polymers and inorganic substrates (especially silicon and glass). One of these...

scholarly journals Magnetic Polymers for Magnetophoretic Separation in Microfluidic Devices

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Lucie Descamps ◽  
Damien Le Roy ◽  
Caterina Tomba ◽  
Anne-laure Deman
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Magnetic Composite ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Magnetic Forces ◽  
Field Gradients ◽  
Composite Polymers ◽  
Magnetophoretic Separation ◽  
Fabrication Costs

Magnetophoresis offers many advantages for manipulating magnetic targets in microsystems. The integration of micro-flux concentrators and micro-magnets allows achieving large field gradients and therefore large reachable magnetic forces. However, the associated fabrication techniques are often complex and costly, and besides, they put specific constraints on the geometries. Magnetic composite polymers provide a promising alternative in terms of simplicity and fabrication costs, and they open new perspectives for the microstructuring, design, and integration of magnetic functions. In this review, we propose a state of the art of research works implementing magnetic polymers to trap or sort magnetic micro-beads or magnetically labeled cells in microfluidic devices.

Special Feature — Medical Device

2005 ◽  
Vol 09 (21) ◽  
pp. 1120-1146
Keyword(s):  
Cell Separation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Blood Pressure Monitoring ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Molecular Diagnostic ◽  
Pressure Monitoring ◽  
Contract Manufacturing ◽  
Separation Technology ◽  
Biomedical Device ◽  
Biosensor Device

AmpliChip CYP450 Test—An Important Step Forward in Making Personalized Medicine a Reality.Automating and Miniaturizing Molecular Diagnostic on a BioChip.Blood Pressure Monitoring: State-Of-the-Art: BPro.Nanobiotechnologies to Provide a Portable Genetic Biosensor Device.Inzign–A Singapore-based Company with Biomedical Device Contract Manufacturing Ambitions.Technical Paper on Microfluidic Devices—Cell Separation Technology.

scholarly journals Rapid Prototyping of Soft Lithography Masters for Microfluidic Devices Using Dry Film Photoresist in a Non-Cleanroom Setting

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prithviraj Mukherjee ◽  
Federico Nebuloni ◽  
Hua Gao ◽  
Jian Zhou ◽  
Ian Papautsky
Keyword(s):  
Soft Lithography ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Pharmaceutical Research ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Ambient Light ◽  
Glass Slides ◽  
Edge Bead ◽  
Time Savings ◽  
Dry Film

Fabrication of microfluidic devices by soft lithography is by far the most popular approach due to simplicity and low cost. In this approach PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) is cast on a photoresist master to generate replicas that are then sealed against glass slides using oxygen plasma. In this work, we demonstrated fabrication of soft photolithography masters using lamination of ADEX dry film as an alternative to the now classic SU-8 resist masters formed by spin coating. Advantages of using ADEX dry film include the easily-achievable uniform thickness without edge bead; simplicity of the process with significant time savings due to non-sticky nature of the film; and fewer health concerns due to less toxic developing solution and antimony-free composition. As we demonstrate, the process can be performed in a low-cost improvised fabrication room in ambient light, in place of a conventional yellow-light cleanroom environment. We believe this approach holds the promise of delivering state-of-the-art microfluidic techniques to the broad field of biomedical and pharmaceutical research.

scholarly journals Lyophilization: a useful approach to the automation of analytical processes?

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 267-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Luque de Castro ◽  
A. Izquierdo
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Standard Samples ◽  
Analytical Applications

An overview of the state-of-the-art in the use of lyophilization for the pretreatment of samples and standards prior to their storage and/or preconcentration is presented. The different analytical applications of this process are dealt with according to the type of material (reagent, standard, samples) and matrix involved.

Practical Picture Processing

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 338-339
Author(s):  
T. A. Welton
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Coherence Length ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Coherent Radiation ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Spread ◽  
Electron Micrograph ◽  
Picture Processing ◽  
Molecular Skeleton

Various authors have emphasized the spatial information resident in an electron micrograph taken with adequately coherent radiation. In view of the completion of at least one such instrument, this opportunity is taken to summarize the state of the art of processing such micrographs. We use the usual symbols for the aberration coefficients, and supplement these with £ and 6 for the transverse coherence length and the fractional energy spread respectively. He also assume a weak, biologically interesting sample, with principal interest lying in the molecular skeleton remaining after obvious hydrogen loss and other radiation damage has occurred.

A Macintosh Interface for the Cameca Camebax-Micro Electron Microprobe

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 438-439
Author(s):  
Carl E. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microprobe ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Computer Control ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Disk Storage ◽  
The Past ◽  
User Facility ◽  
Instrument Control

Over the past few years it has become apparent in our multi-user facility that the computer system and software supplied in 1985 with our CAMECA CAMEBAX-MICRO electron microprobe analyzer has the greatest potential for improvement and updating of any component of the instrument. While the standard CAMECA software running on a DEC PDP-11/23+ computer under the RSX-11M operating system can perform almost any task required of the instrument, the commands are not always intuitive and can be difficult to remember for the casual user (of which our laboratory has many). Given the widespread and growing use of other microcomputers (such as PC’s and Macintoshes) by users of the microprobe, the PDP has become the “oddball” and has also fallen behind the state-of-the-art in terms of processing speed and disk storage capabilities. Upgrade paths within products available from DEC are considered to be too expensive for the benefits received. After using a Macintosh for other tasks in the laboratory, such as instrument use and billing records, word processing, and graphics display, its unique and “friendly” user interface suggested an easier-to-use system for computer control of the electron microprobe automation. Specifically a Macintosh IIx was chosen for its capacity for third-party add-on cards used in instrument control.

Current Issues: Advanced Digital Technology for Supervising Graduate Clinicians

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Tellis ◽  
Lori Cimino ◽  
Jennifer Alberti
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
Video Capture ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Clinical Supervisors ◽  
Training And Supervision

Abstract The purpose of this article is to provide clinical supervisors with information pertaining to state-of-the-art clinic observation technology. We use a novel video-capture technology, the Landro Play Analyzer, to supervise clinical sessions as well as to train students to improve their clinical skills. We can observe four clinical sessions simultaneously from a central observation center. In addition, speech samples can be analyzed in real-time; saved on a CD, DVD, or flash/jump drive; viewed in slow motion; paused; and analyzed with Microsoft Excel. Procedures for applying the technology for clinical training and supervision will be discussed.

Behavioral Genetics: Concepts for Research and Practice in Language Development and Disorders

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 1126-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey W. Gilger
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Behavioral Genetics ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Behavioral Genetic ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Current State ◽  
Research Designs

This paper is an introduction to behavioral genetics for researchers and practioners in language development and disorders. The specific aims are to illustrate some essential concepts and to show how behavioral genetic research can be applied to the language sciences. Past genetic research on language-related traits has tended to focus on simple etiology (i.e., the heritability or familiality of language skills). The current state of the art, however, suggests that great promise lies in addressing more complex questions through behavioral genetic paradigms. In terms of future goals it is suggested that: (a) more behavioral genetic work of all types should be done—including replications and expansions of preliminary studies already in print; (b) work should focus on fine-grained, theory-based phenotypes with research designs that can address complex questions in language development; and (c) work in this area should utilize a variety of samples and methods (e.g., twin and family samples, heritability and segregation analyses, linkage and association tests, etc.).

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