Review Type: Microfluidic flow control

Microfluidic mixers : A short review Why do we need mixing in Microfluidics ? Active development and improvement of microfluidic devices have allowed to make significant progress in biomedical diagnostics study, development of miniaturized microfluidic and nanofluidic biosensors, in DNA analysis, chemical synthesis and genomics study, etc. The channel dimensions in microfluidic systems are measured in micrometers and in … Continued

Researchers' opinion on flow control for microfluidics Introduction One of the greatest challenges for researchers using microfluidics is miniaturizing analysis processes in very small microchips. Whether it is named MEMS, lab on chip or microTAS, miniaturization presents several advantages in reducing the size of analysis processes: analysis is getting cheaper, faster and more efficient. . Issues … Continued

Responsiveness of OB1 piezo-electric technologies compared to competitor products Microfluidic flow control system ? Microfluidic flow controllers are designed to control flows onto microfluidic chips. For most researchers in the microfluidic community, responsiveness is an essential parameter for realizing on-chip tasks and optimizing the performance of a microfluidic setup. The following graphics compare experiments that … Continued

Tips and Tricks to Enhance your Microfluidic Flow Control Improve your Syringe pump Syringe pumps are the most commonly used flow control systems in microfluidics. Despite their sturdiness & simplicity, syringe pumps are often problematic in microfluidics because the oscillation flow and the response time can drastically change from a few seconds to several hours … Continued

Stability of microfluidic flow control instruments Flow control stability measurement and comparisons The performance of your microfluidic flow control instruments depends on your experimental conditions (tank volume, output pressure, computer configuration, operating system, microfluidic setup... ). Our microfluidic specialists will gladly advise you on choosing the best equipment for your needs. OB1 MkII Piezo technology VS. … Continued

How to choose the right microfluidic flow control system? Strengths and weaknesses of each flow control technology Researchers use 4 types of microfluidic flow control systems: Peristaltic pumps and recirculation pumps Syringe pumps Pressure controllers Pressure controllers with flow switches matrices Each kind of flow control system has advantages and drawbacks depending on the specific … Continued

Review: Fast medium switch OB1 vs. OB1+MUX Introduction Fast medium switch in microfluidic channels is generally a required technique to perform a wide range of biomedical and chemical microfluidic assays, such as the analysis of living cells in vitro, particle washing, etc. For this reason, Elveflow® proposes two different configurations of its microfluidic instruments to perform … Continued

Outside of New Era NE-1002-X Syringe-pumpconventional syringe pump which generate flow oscillation at low flow rate

As explained in our tutorial syringe pumps and microfluidics 2014, common syringe pumps have two major drawbacks