Review Type: Microfluidic flow control

MICROFLUIDICS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY STUDIES Table of Contents What is Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)? Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) is defined by different techniques used in the petroleum industry to improve the extraction of hydrocarbons from subsurface reservoirs. Conventional primary and secondary recovery methods extract only 20 to 40% of the original oil content. In … Continued

MICROFLUIDICS IN COSMETIC RESEARCH: IMPROVED FORMULATIONS AND SMARTER TESTING Microfluidics is revolutionizing cosmetic research by enabling precise, miniaturized experimentation and rapid prototyping of novel formulations. Elveflow’s solutions are well suited to support this shift. For example, the droplet generation systems can be used to create highly stable emulsions for advanced formulation studies. Our liquid handling … Continued

MICROFLUIDICS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS What is Tuberculosis (TB)? Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body, such as the brain, kidneys, and spine. TB is one of the top infectious disease killers … Continued

ACOUSTOFLUIDICS: Cutting-Edge Techniques for Microfluidic Particle Manipulation This review explores the interdisciplinary field of acoustofluidics, which merges acoustics with microfluidics to manipulate fluids and particles at the microscale using sound waves. It examines fundamental concepts, including acoustic wave types such as Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) and Bulk Acoustic Waves (BAW). Applications in microfluidic devices like … Continued

Flow control at microscale: Nanofluidics, microfluidics and millifluidics “Nanofluidics is the study of the behavior, manipulation, and control of fluids flow that are confined to structures of nanometer (typically 1-100 nm) characteristic dimensions (1 nm = 10-9 m). Fluids confined in these structures exhibit physical behaviors not observed in larger structures, such as those of … Continued

Microfluidic low-flow liquid flow meterS: a review Liquid flow meters are compulsory elements of microfluidic systems requiring control of the sample volume dispensed and/or, obviously, the sample flow rate (e.g. to avoid cellular stress). Many liquid flow meters have been developed for large-scale industries like food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, or oil & gas companies, but … Continued

What is a microfluidic T-junction? This short note will introduce you to the key takeways about microfluidic T junction among other microfluidic junctions. A focus will be given to the use of microfluidic T junction for droplet generation. The most common geometries for two-phase mixing (droplet or bubble generation) in microfluidic junction devices are: Cross … Continued

Fluid mixing at microscale What is fluid mixing? Fluid mixing represents a unit operation in industrial process engineering that involves the handling of a heterogeneous physical (gas or liquid) system to make it more homogeneous. Fluid mixing is for instance, employed to enhance  heat and/or mass transfer between various components of a single system. Fluid … Continued

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Microfluidic magnetic particle sorting and separation : a short review Magnetic flux sources Three types of magnetic flux sources are commonly used for micro- and nano-object handling: electromagnets, soft magnets and permanent magnets. Both electromagnets and soft magnets present the advantage of allowing on/off switching, although they usually require cumbersome side-equipment to perform this task. … Continued