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  • Open Access

Design and Validation of a Pressure-Driven Liquid Metering System with Heated PTFE Tubing for Laboratory Automation

  • Joonki Baek,
  • Taegyun Kim,
  • Seungwon Jeong,
  • Ikhyun Kim,
  • Shin Hum Cho and
  • Sungkeun Yoo

21 January 2026

This paper presents a pressure-driven liquid transfer system for laboratory automation, along with a physics-based model and calibration method. The device maintains near-isothermal transport by storing reagents at a prescribed temperature and routin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,277 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Enhanced Squeezing Needle Structure on the Jetting Performance of a Piezostack-Driven Dispenser

  • Xiang Huang,
  • Xiaolong Lin,
  • Hang Jin,
  • Siying Lin,
  • Zhenxiang Bu,
  • Gonghan He,
  • Daoheng Sun and
  • Lingyun Wang

5 December 2019

Advanced dispensing technology is urgently needed to improve the jetting performance of fluid to meet the requirements of electronic product integration and miniaturization. In this work, an on–off valve piezostack-driven dispenser was used as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,267 Views
26 Pages

Analytical and Computational Modeling of Relaxation Times for Non-Newtonian Fluids

  • Sheldon Wang,
  • Dalong Gao,
  • Alexandria Wester,
  • Kalyb Beaver and
  • Kuwin Wyke

20 July 2024

With the availability of efficient and sophisticated finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, engineering designs are becoming more software-driven and simulation-based. However, the insights relevant to engineering...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,004 Views
13 Pages

On-Chip Nucleic Acid Purification Followed by ddPCR for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

  • Cong Ma,
  • Yimeng Sun,
  • Yuhang Huang,
  • Zehang Gao,
  • Yaru Huang,
  • Ikshu Pandey,
  • Chunping Jia,
  • Shilun Feng and
  • Jianlong Zhao

We developed a microfluidic chip integrated with nucleic acid purification and droplet-based digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) modules to realize a ‘sample-in, result-out’ infectious virus diagnosis. The whole process involved pul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,688 Views
12 Pages

26 September 2023

The increasing pressure on healthcare systems (HCSs) is a cause for concern worldwide. Rising costs, uncertainty about sustainability, and aging populations are the main issues that make it challenging to allocate scarce resources to the needs of HCS...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,073 Views
18 Pages

Flurbiprofen: A Study of the Behavior of the Scalemate by Chromatography, Sublimation, and NMR

  • Magdalena Kwiatkowska,
  • Alicja Wzorek,
  • Anna Kolbus,
  • Mariusz Urbaniak,
  • Jianlin Han,
  • Vadim A. Soloshonok and
  • Karel D. Klika

26 March 2021

2-(2-Fluoro-4-biphenyl) propionic acid (flurbiprofen), from the phenylalkanoic acid family of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s), is currently on the pharmaceutical market as a racemate. This racemic compound was tested for its propensity...