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- n. The science concerned with the design and construction of microminiaturized devices containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow in a controlled manner; used to construct labs on a chip, ink-jet printer heads etc
- n. physics The study of microfluids
Examples
“He said that motors made from the yarns would find use in what is known as microfluidics, "for chemical 'labs on a chip' that can be used for analysis of chemicals, or for sensing".”
“According to Prof. Alexander-Katz, applications to creating a new kind of microfluidics chips could be achieved within a year or so, because it would be simply a matter of scaling up from the simple systems that were tested in this study to more complex designs.”
“The facility also offers classes on topics ranging from DNA sequencing to microfluidics.”
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