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Sensing Using Microfluidic Platform

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Microfluidic devices have emerged as prevailing and reliable microscale total analysis devices that offer minimum reagent consumption, high throughput, and control of multiple processes in a single smallest device. This book chapter discusses about sensing on microfluidic platform, its flow physics, which is very important for microflow systems and its potential applications. It discusses about manufacture methods and materials used for microfluidic platform that effect the flow systems. Further, the droplet-based microfluidics, drop dynamics, as well as formation of droplet mechanism for handling of chemical and/or biological samples for its sensors application are discussed. The developed sensing using microfluidic platform can show a scaled solution for future analysis.

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The authors thank Dr. G. N. Rameshaiah, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, and Dr. Ravishankar R., Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, for constant encouragement and support.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road, P B NO. 1908, Bengaluru, 560019, Karnataka, India

    Chetan A. Nayak & H. N. Pradeep

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru, 560078, Karnataka, India

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Nayak, C.A., Pradeep, H.N. (2018). Sensing Using Microfluidic Platform. In: Bhattacharya, S., Agarwal, A., Chanda, N., Pandey, A., Sen, A. (eds) Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7751-7_6

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