Special Issue "Selected papers from 1st International Conference on Microfluidic Handling Systems"

Guest Editor
Dr. Joost Lötters
¹ Transducers Science and Technology (TST), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
² Bronkhorst High-Tech BV, Nijverheidsstraat 1A, 7261 AK Ruurlo, The Netherlands
Website: http://www.utwente.nl/ewi/tst/members/
E-Mail: j.c.lotters@ewi.utwente.nl
Interests: Design; fabrication and application of microfluidic handling systems, including MEMS thermal and Coriolis flow sensors and controllers, MEMS control valves and micromachined analytical instrumentation such as micro GC, micro HPLC and micro Wobbe index meters.

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Gerald A. Urban
Sensor Technology, IMTEK, Georges Koehler Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
Website: http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/matter_research/fellows/gerald-urban
E-Mail: gerald.urban@frias.uni-freiburg.de
Interests: Mikrobiosensorarrays, Lab-on-chip, electrophoresis on chip, thermal MEMS, nanostructured surfaces, biocompatible surfaces, biomedical in-vivo sensors, Immunochips, RNA-analytics on chip

Worldwide, accurate handling (e.g. dosing, measurement and control) of small and extremely small mass flow rates of both gases and liquids is becoming more and more important, driven by numerous economically important applications in for instance semiconductor industry, analytical instrumentation, food, pharmacy, energy, bioanalytical systems, and micro reaction systems.

The focus of this conference is mainly on the technology, components, devices and systems that enable the application and biology in microfluidic systems. We invite submission of papers on systems and devices for accurate handling (e.g. dosing, measurement and control) of (extremely) small mass flow rates of both gases and liquids, and corresponding measurement and control principles:

Thermal, ultrasonic and Coriolis principles for flow measurement
The piezo-electric, electromagnetic and electrostatic principles for flow control
Electronic instrumentation
Application proposals
Innovative methods in calibration equipment and methodology
Micro- and nanomachining
Device characterization

The topics include but are not limited to:

Sensors: flow, pressure, viscosity, temperature, conductivity, heat capacity, density
Actuators: valves, pumps, mixers, droplet generators
Interfaces: electronic instrumentation, interconnections, assembly, technology
Fluidic control systems: mass flow controllers, precision mixing, dosing and dispensing, calibration
Applications: gas chromatographs, liquid chromatographs, medical analyses, micro reaction systems, bio-analytical systems

Dr. Joost Lötters
Prof. Dr. Gerald A. Urban
Guest Editor

Submission

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