Nano-engineered living bacterial motors for active microfluidic mixing

IET Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 61-71

  Al Fandi, M ^a   Jaradat, M A K ^a   Fandi, K ^b   Beech, J P ^c   Tegenfeldt, J O ^c   Yih, T C ^d  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SPEED; CELL BODIES; CFD SIMULATIONS; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FLOW VISUALISATION; FLUID VELOCITIES; IMPELLER DESIGN; MICRO-MIXING; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING; MICROMIXERS; MIXING ABILITY; MIXING ELEMENTS; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; ROTARY MOTIONS; SHORT DISTANCES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; VIDEOMICROSCOPY;

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; POLYSTYRENES; ROTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTION; MOVEMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77956054713     PISSN: 17518741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2010.0003     Document Type: Article

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