Fluid handling

Microfluidics is the science of handling small amounts of liquids, inside micrometer scale channels. Discover how to handle fluids for your microfluidic experiments.

Direct-Ink-Writing Flow Control with Elveflow Pressure Sensor

This application note demonstrates a smart use ouf Elveflow's Pressure sensor and sensor reader for Direct-Ink-Writing flow control.

Elveflow SDK Tutorial Part 2: Automatic Control

Elveflow SDK Tutorial Part 1: Setting Up Your Environment on the OB1

Learn how to set up your development environment for Elveflow products with this comprehensive tutorial.

Microfluidic colocalization set-up for DNA analysis

This user guide will show you how to run microfluidic colocalization studies of single molecule spectroscopy.

Exploring Pneumatic Pumps and Pressure-Driven Flow Control Technology

This application note explores the basic principle of pneumatic pumps and a flow controller based on the basic principle of pneumatic pumps, known as pressure driven flow control. It also demonstrates the applications of pressure driven flow control in a range of industrial & research fields.

Cross flow membrane for molecular transport

Study the impact of molecular transport on cell cultures with a cross flow membrane chip and microfluidic instruments.

Controlled liquid injection system in a continuous flow using MUX valves

Precise liquid injection system for manipulation of small volumes of fluids using the MUX distribution and the MUX recirculation valve.

Octanol-assisted liposome assembly (OLA) using Elveflow pumps

This application note explains how to set up a robust and reproducible microfluidic platform for liposomes assembly with improved encapsulation efficiency and reduced polydispersity in size.

Utilizing a high precision microfluidic dead-end filtration setup to achieve global alignment of single walled carbon nanotubes

Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are considered as quasi 1-dimensional (1D) carbon nanostructures, which are known for their outstanding anisotropic electronic, mechanical, thermal and optical properties.

How do you synchronize a microscope with a microfluidic perfusion system?

This application note describes how to combine and synchronise liquid perfusion and imaging using an Olympus spinning disc confocal microscope together with an Elveflow pressure-driven flow controlled microfluidic system.

Active micromixers on chip

Mixing is a crucial step for several microfluidic applications like chemical synthesis, clinical diagnostics, sequencing and synthesis of nucleic acids

Nanoparticle generator

This application note describes how microfluidic can be employed as a nanoparticle generator based on the example of PLGA bead generation.

Preparation of PLGA nanoparticles by flow focusing

Learn how to perform PLGA nanoparticle preparation with Elveflow instruments and a microfluidic chip

Shear stress calculator

The application note describes how to convert various units of shear stress and/or pressure from one to another: shear stress conversion from Pascal, atmosphere, and N/m²...!