Cornell Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
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The Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory, directed by
Professor
Brian Kirby, is a research group in the
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
at Cornell University devoted to research on understanding and
application of
micro- and nanofluidic systems. Microfluidics and nanofluidics describe
fluid-mechanical regimes and devices defined by the length scale
of the flow channels, the techniques for making the devices,
and the dominant physics.
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Features
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Fredrik poses with geneticist Nancy Jenkins (The Methodist Hospital Research Institute) and the band saw. Summer 2013.
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Schematic of flow, potental, and charge density at diffuse polymer interfaces (see ref here)
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Coaxial transmission line sample cell used for high-frequency
characterization of cell suspensions.
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Growth of fibroblasts grown on compliant (top) and stiff (bottom)
matrices show the importance of
matrix stiffness in lipogenic differentiation(see ref here).
We have collaborated with
Claudia Fischbach's lab to use our
photocrosslinked alginate matrices
(see refs
here
and
here
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to study adipose progenitor cells.
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