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Modeling Electroosmotic Flow in Nanochannels

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BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology

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The determination of the nature of fluid flow at small scales is becoming increasingly important because of the emergence of new technologies. These techologies include Micro- Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) comprising micro-scale heat engines, micro-aerial vehicles and micro pumps and compressors and many other systems. Moreover, newideas in the area of drug delivery and its control, inDNA and biomolecular sensing, manipulation and transport and the desire to manufacture laboratories on a microchip (lab-on-a-chip) require the analysis and computation of flows on a length scale approaching molecular dimensions. On these small scales, new flow features appear which are not seen in macro-scale flows. In this chapter we review the state-of-th-art in modeling liquid flows at nanoscale with particular attention paid to liquid mixture flows applicable to rapid molecular analysis and drug delivery and other applications in biology

The determination of the nature of fluid flow at small scales is becoming increasingly important because of the emergence of new technologies. These techologies include Micro- Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) comprising micro-scale heat engines, micro-aerial vehicles and micro pumps and compressors and many other systems. Moreover, newideas in the area of drug delivery and its control, inDNA and biomolecular sensing, manipulation and transport and the desire to manufacture laboratories on a microchip (lab-on-a-chip) require the analysis and computation of flows on a length scale approaching molecular dimensions. On these small scales, new flow features appear which are not seen in macro-scale flows. In this chapter we review the state-of-th-art in modeling liquid flows at nanoscale with particular attention paid to liquid mixture flows applicable to rapid molecular analysis and drug delivery and other applications in biology

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    A. T. Conlis

  2. The Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1107

    Sherwin Singer

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

    Mauro Ferrari Ph.D. (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President) (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President)

  2. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

    Mauro Ferrari Ph.D. (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President) (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President)

  3. Rice University, Houston, TX

    Mauro Ferrari Ph.D. (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President) (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President)

  4. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

    Mauro Ferrari Ph.D. (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President) (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President)

  5. Texas Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston, TX

    Mauro Ferrari Ph.D. (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President) (Editor-in-Chief, Professor Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine Chairman, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, President)

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Conlis, A.T., Singer, S. (2006). Modeling Electroosmotic Flow in Nanochannels. In: Ferrari, M., Bashir, R., Wereley, S. (eds) BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-25845-4_15

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