The course teaches the basics of microfluidic technology and sample a range of applications in microbiology and chemistry, all through hands-on experience and live demos.
Learning objective
Familiarization with the basics of microfluidics and with some applications of this technology in microbiology and chemistry.
Content
Physics of fluid transport at small scales, design and fabrication of microfluidic devices, set up of a typical microfluidic experiment, flow visualization, image acquisition and analysis, examples of microfluidics studies of chemistry, optofluidic, microbial growth, motility, chemotaxis and interactions among microbes.
Lecture notes
Script and papers of previous problems
Literature
Introduction to Microfluidics, Patrick Tabeling, Oxford University Press, 2005
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a semester course