Abstract

Microfluidics for the Biomedical and Industrial Applications

An-Bang Wang, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University

Microfluidics could bring significant advantages in the applications of chemical reaction, process control and bio-medical detection. In the past years, we made different microfluidic components in our lab, including micropump, microvalve, and micromixer etc., and also various functional systems, e.g., micro-multiphase flow/multi-emulsion generators, high-throughput fluid/flow properties detection system, and the maskless pattern coating system, etc. Recently, efforts have been extended to the integrated microfluidic applications in the life science studies, clinical diagnoses and special material production. Examples contain a gravitation-driven sequential control lab-on-a-chip for biomedical point-of-care testing, a new extremely material- and time-saving Western blotting method for analytical chemistry and a microreactor system for manufacturing highly valued materials with better yield and selectivity, like quantum dots material.