This thesis mainly studies topics in microfluidic chips. Microfluidic chip is a promising platform for multiple discipline, like biology, medicine, chemistry and material synthesis. It could offer some unique advantages that large scale platforms don’t share. In the following content, a specific aspect of microfluidic chip, the gradient generator is mainly investigated, also some techniques in microfluidics has been discussed.

An introduction from general background to specific topics that are related to the research in this thesis has been talked about in Firstly in chapter 1. In chapter 2, the main research project is described in details, including introduction of the present work in this field and the whole process of designing this chip. Then chapter 3 is an extension of...[ Read more ]

This thesis mainly studies topics in microfluidic chips. Microfluidic chip is a promising platform for multiple discipline, like biology, medicine, chemistry and material synthesis. It could offer some unique advantages that large scale platforms don’t share. In the following content, a specific aspect of microfluidic chip, the gradient generator is mainly investigated, also some techniques in microfluidics has been discussed.

An introduction from general background to specific topics that are related to the research in this thesis has been talked about in Firstly in chapter 1. In chapter 2, the main research project is described in details, including introduction of the present work in this field and the whole process of designing this chip. Then chapter 3 is an extension of one small finding of the 2D concentration gradient generator, which is a hypothesis of the origin of an annoying phenomenon and its potential solution. Chapter 4 is about the techniques that have been investigated throughout the bottom search. They may not be adopted at final stage, however still shows significance as building bricks for the final result. Chapter 5 is summary and perspectives of the work.