BME 1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Radiography, Biological Warfare, Microfluidics

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Biomedical Engineering
• Course: BME 1008
• Professor: Stephen Hugo Arce

Document Summary

Deals with the behavior, precise control and manipulation of microliter and nanoliter volumes of fluids. It is a multidisciplinary field intersecting engineering, physics, chemistry, micro- technology, and biotechnology, with practical applications to the design of systems in which such small volumes of fluids will be used. A lab on a chip via miniaturization and integration. Glass micromachining etched to create the channels in the glass. Rapid analysis, small size, less reagent consumption, ease of automation, and low cost. This leads to potential uses in the field and in hospitals. The chip is made entirely in a glass substrate. Using glass micromachining, an etched glass plate is created, then a metal electrofoam. Plastic device fabrication is applied to create a negative pressing for mass fabrication through the press-mold method. Useful for large number of applications like biomedical research, clinical diagnostics, food. water safety testing, and biological warfare defense.