Essentials of micro- and nano fluidics : with applications to the biological and chemical sciences /

"This book introduces students to the basic physical principles to analyze fluid flow in micro and nano-size devices. This is the first book that unifies the thermal sciences with electrostatics and electrokinetics and colloid science; electrochemistry; and molecular biology. The author discuss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conlisk, A. Terrence, 1950-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Preparatory concepts; 3. The governing equations for an electrically conducting fluid; 4. The essentials of viscous flow; 5. Heat and mass transfer phenomena in channels and tubes; 6. Introduction to electrostatics; 7. Elements of electrochemistry and the electrical double layer; 8. Elements of molecular and cell biology; 9. Electrokinetic phenomena; 10. Essential numerical methods; 11. Molecular dynamics and simulations; 12. Applications; Appendix 1. Matched asymptotic expansions; Appenedix 2. Vector operations in curvilinear coordinates.