Next generation facility to measure microfluidic flows

微流体在社会中无处不在，例如，生物流体和工程实验室芯片平台。该项目旨在建立一种新型的流量测量设备，为微流体量身定制，其功能超越当前的商业流量诊断系统。这将使工程师和科学家能够以前所未有的细节探索这些流动的流体动力学，以解释其潜在的物理机制。除了流体测量之外，该设备还提供了精确观察微生物，生物活性（细胞粘附，血栓稳定性，荧光受体标记物），热收集器系统（高通量，基于微通道的太阳能接收器）以及更多微观尺度上的机械现象的能力。

Microfluidics is ubiquitous in society - for example, biofluids and engineered lab-on-a-chip platforms. This project aims to establish a novel flow measurement facility tailored for microfluidic flows with capabilities beyond current commercial flow diagnostic systems. This will enable engineers and scientists to probe the fluid dynamics of these flows with unprecedented detail to explain their underlying physical mechanisms. Beyond fluidic measurement, the facility provides the capacity to accurately observe micro-organisms, biological activity (cell adhesion, thrombus stability, fluorescent receptor markers), thermal collector systems (high flux, microchannel-based solar receivers), and many more mechanical phenomena at the micro-scale.