Micro/Nanofluidic Characterisation Facility

微/纳米流体表征设备：微流体有望使用实验室实验设备进行医学疾病的诊断，但在一定规模上，这意味着整个系统可以手持。虽然微型化流体通道的制造已经建立，但挑战在于为芯片带来额外的功能，减少对外部泵和电子设备的依赖。该设施将允许对使用脉冲超声波处理片上样品制备、使用纳米流体结构过滤和泵送以及使用片上电路检测的技术进行表征。因此，该设施将有能力直接应对必须应对的挑战，以便在农村贫困地区进行诊断。

Micro/nanofluidic characterisation facility: Microfluidics promises to enable diagnosis of medical diseases using devices which perform laboratory experiments but on a scale which means the entire system can be hand-held. Whilst the fabrication of miniaturised fluidic channels is well established, the challenge is to bring additional functions onto the chip reducing the reliance on external pumps and electronics. This facility will allow the characterisation of technologies which address on-chip sample preparation using pulsed ultrasonic waves, filtration and pumping using nanofluidic structures, and detection using on-chip circuitry. As such the facility will have the capability to directly address the challenges which must be met to allow diagnosis in rural underprivileged areas.