Droplet microfluidics: dynamics, unit operation and applications Seminar
- Time:
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Date:
- 8 February 2012
- Venue:
- Building 13, Room 3021
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Dina Shona Laila at d.laila@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Dr. Xize Niu is a lecturer in Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton. His research interests include microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip and their applications on drug screening, biosensors and diagnosis, protein separation and identification and DNA sequencing.
Abstract: We human being has been interested in droplets with a long history, from a water droplet rolling on lotus leaf to the first peeking into the micro world in a droplet of pond water under a microscope. However, with the development of microfluidic technologies, droplets have become a new paradigm of engineering tools for performing bio and chemical reactions, analysis, diagnosis and therapeutics. In this seminar, I will introduce the dynamics, unit operation and surface chemistry of droplet microfluidics. Its bio and analytical applications on biomolecules, cell screening and diagnosis will be addressed. An outlook on future engineering challenges will also be given.
Speaker information
Dr. Xize Niu ,lecturer in Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton