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MICROFLUIDICS FOR RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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Content Inside: MICROFLUIDICS FOR RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Contact: Dr. Abebaw Jemere, jemere@cmc.ca How Can CMC Microsystems Help You? You are a chemical or bio-chemical engineer involved in micro- and nano-technology research. You have requirements for controlling reaction conditions; separating, transporting, and handling samples; or detecting and analyzing the presence of important biomolecules. You want to design, simulate and fabricate microfluidic devices...and you want to do all this at the micro- or nanoscale. CMC can help you achieve these goals and more... About CMC: CMC Microsystems is a CMC Microsystems can accelerate your research federally incorporated non-profit corporation by providing access to design and simulation that provides 2,900 faculty and graduate tools, and device manufacturing at a significantly students at 42 universities across Canada reduced cost (or no cost) to you. To help you with industry-calibre design resources, achieve your research goals, our services are access to state-of-the-art manufacturing enhanced by engineering support and technologies, and support services. supplementary documentation and design kits. Learn more at http://www.cmc.ca Benefits and Opportunities for Chemical Engineers Chemical engineering at the nano-scale: Microfluidic technologies allow researchers to shrink bench-top equipment to the micro- and nano-scale in order to: Create various micro-devices such as microreactors, cell sorters, cell concentrators, etc., using microfabrication techniques. Achieve faster measurements using reduced sample sizes of chemical reagents and biological samples. Develop portable instrumentation and improve the safety of research labs and field experiments. In addition, chemical engineers experience accelerated uptake of microfluidic technologies as they are typically already skilled and trained in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, reaction chemistry, scaling laws and many other areas important to the emerging field of microfluidics. Advanced features: To meet your research challenges at the micro- or nano-scale, microfluidic devices offer the following features: ChannelsTo transport, mix, and separate your samples, micro-scale channels are etched or stamped into a substrate such as a silicon, glass, or polymer wafer. Sample handlingTo load and inject minute amounts of fluid precisely into a microfluidic device, pumps and valves can be integrated into the chip. DetectionTo analyze chemical reaction or detect the presence of biomolecules, microfluidics technologies can be used to integrate electrodes and add detection circuits to your chip. Your device can also be enhanced with optical detection. Image copyright Nature Reviews Microbiology Image copyright Micronit Microfluidics BV Microfluidics technologies are used by chemical engineers to create cell sorters (left), microreactors (right), and many other devices Page 1 of 2 © CMC Microsystems October 24, 2007
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