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Flow instabilities are well known to occur in macroscopic flows when elastic fluids flow along curved streamlines. In this work we use flow visualization to study the mechanism underlying a purely elastic flow instability for Poiseuille flow in a micro (m)
This paper describes the development of a unique fluorescence based DNA diagnostic assay that does not require pre-labeling of the target oligomer prior to analysis. The assay uses polyacrylamide hydrogel plugs immobilized in microfluidic channels, and is
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Rebecca A. Zangmeister, K G. Olsen, David J. Ross, Michael J. Tarlov
It has been previously demonstrated that DNA, modified on the 5' end with an acrylic acid group, can be incorporated into a polyacrylamide hydrogel matrix. These types of DNA containing gels have recently been immobilized in plastic microfluidic channels
We describe a technique for the measurement of fluid temperatures in microfluidic systems based on temperature-dependent fluorescence. The technique is easy to implement with a standard fluorescence microscope and CCD camera. The efficiency of the method
A technique is described for the measurement of fluid temperatures in microfluidic systems based on temperature-dependent fluorescence. The technique is easy to implement with a standard fluorescence microscope and CCD camera. In addition, the method can
M. B. Esch, Laurie E. Locascio, Michael J. Tarlov, R. A. Durst
This paper describes a microfluidic chip that enables the detection of viable Cryptosporidium parvum by detecting RNA amplified by nucleic-acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA). The mRNA serving as the template for NASBA is produced by viable C. parvum
T Leung, M Gerstenberg, D J. Lavrich, G Scoles, F Schreiber, G Poirier
Monolayers of 1,6-hexanedithiol [HS(CH 2) 6SH] deposited on Au(111) from the gas phase were characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD), and low energy atom diffraction (LEAD). Molecular resolution STM
S L. Barker, David J. Ross, Michael J. Tarlov, Michael Gaitan, Laurie E. Locascio
Electroosmotic flow (EOF) is commonly utilized in microfluidics. Because the direction of the EOF can be determined by the substrate surface charge, control of the surface chemical state offers the potential, in addition to voltage control, to direct the