Turn-key microfluidic systems
Commercial design and development of microfluidics-enabled systems.
Commercial and in-house design and development research undertaken by the group encompasses a broad range of activities and fields with a particular expertise in microfluidics-enabled integrated systems.
Optimisation of microfluidic systems for real world applications requires careful design of a diverse range of components and their interfaces to maximise overall system performance.
Applications
Integrated microfluidic systems have been developed for applications including:
- Biological cell suspension handling and measurement
- Microorganism containment
- Micro-dispensing
- Micro-mixing
- Microfluidic DNA processing
- Precision chemical dilution and mixing
- Combinatorial chemistry
- Air sampling
- Biodetection
Custom components
Previous system components developed in-house include:
- Microfluidic structures and devices
- Milli- and mesofluidic systems
- Specially adapted conventional sub-miniature valves and fluidic components
- Control electronics
- Electronically controlled thermal cycling units
- Software development
- Portable microcontrollers
- PC based control systems
- Closed-loop pneumatic control systems
- Real-time imaging
- Centrifugal sample extraction system
- Ultrasonic sample extraction systems
- Optical detection and data extraction