Towards Design Automation for Microfluidic Devices
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Buchtitel:
Conference on Micro Fluidic Handling Systems (MFHS)
Original Kurzfassung:
Microfluidics is a prospective field which provides
technological advances to the life sciences and is an enabling technology when it comes to, e.g., biological cell
studies, high throughput drug development, and diagnostic screenings. However, the design process of microfluidic devices is still in its infancy and usually accomplished entirely by hand so far?frequently resulting in a ?trial-and-error? scheme. In order to overcome
this ?trial-and-error? approach, we provide a selection
of design automation tools as well as simulation methods in this work, which allow for deriving the design,
for validating the functionality of the design, and for
exploring alternative designs, without the need of an actual fabricated and costly prototype.
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