Microfluidics and Applications
Microfluidics is to expect and describe the behavior of a fluid in microscale under modified physical laws, which should consider scale effect. The microfluid can show differ behavior from macrofluid, called “scale effect” by using factors such as surface tension, energy dissipation and fluidic resistance. It needs miltidisciplinary activities of engineering, physics, chemistry and biotechnology to examine the microfludic systems. NExT MEMS laboratory research interests are functional micro/nano capsules, microfluidic separation and drug reduction using convex microbubbles.
1. Functional micro/nano capsules
To develop controlled release drug, energy storage, rare material renewal, fluorescent and magnetic nanoparticles using Microfluidic technology for energy, pharmaceutic and biomedical applications
2. Skin frictional drag reduction using convex microbubble array
To develop a technology to reduce skin frictional drag using convex microbubbles formed in hydrophobic cavity array. Module test of the tube and external plate can be expanded to the pipe line and navy transportation systems to decrease energy consumption remarkably.
3. Microfluidic separation of micro/nanoparticles for material and bio applications
To develop a new separation using a secondary rotating flow significant in Microfluidics. Size-selective separation in a curved microchannel and a sudden expansion and sudden contraction channel has been encountered, ultimately aim to apply them for isolating biological vesicles