Micro/nano devices for blood analysis

• Main Author: Lima, Rui Alberto Madeira Macedo
• Publication Date: 2019
• Other Authors: Minas, Graça, Catarino, Susana Oliveira
• Format: Book
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/68161
• topic: Ciências Médicas::Biotecnologia Médica; Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Mecânica; Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Médica; Engenharia e Tecnologia::Nanotecnologia

[Excerpt] The development of microdevices for blood analysis is an interdisciplinary subject that demandsan integration of several research fields such as biotechnology, medicine, chemistry, informatics, optics,electronics, mechanics, and micro/nanotechnologies.Over the last few decades, there has been a notably fast development in the miniaturization ofmechanical microdevices, later known as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which combineelectrical and mechanical components at a microscale level. The integration of microflow and opticalcomponents in MEMS microdevices, as well as the development of micropumps and microvalves,have promoted the interest of several research fields dealing with fluid flow and transport phenomenahappening at microscale devices. [...]