Weeks | Topics |
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Introduction to micro and nanofluidics, microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip devices, what is different in micrometric scale
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2 |
Physics in microscopic scale,
non-bonded and bonded molecular forces and an example: DREIDING force field
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Particle methods in physics, method of molecular dynamics, ranges of forces of microscopic origin
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Scaling law in physics and hydrodynamics, Buckingham Pi theorem
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Derivation of hydrodynamic equations of continuous media: Navier-Stokes equations
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Circular and planar Couette and Poiseuille flows of continuum hydrodynamics
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Hydrodynamics in microfluidic systems, Knudsen number, slip flow regime
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Diffusion, mixing and separation in microsystems
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Electrodynamics in microsystems
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Heat transfer in micro systems
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11 |
An introduction to microfabrication
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12 |
Some microfluidic devices
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13 |
Micro and nanofluidics for bio-systems
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14 |
A special topic: nanofluidics in Carbon Nanotubes
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