Convective Heat Transfer Correlations in Some Common Micro-Geometries -- Convective Heat Transfer in Microscale Slip Flow -- Direct and Inverse Problems Solutions in Micro-Scale Forced Convection -- Conjugated Heat Transfer in Microchannels -- Mechanisms of Boiling in Microchannels: Critical Assessment -- Prediction of Critical Heat Flux in Microchannels -- Transport Phenomena in Two-Phase Thermal Spreaders -- An Investigation on Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Water Based Nanofluids -- Formation of Droplets and Bubbles in Microfluidic Systems -- Transport of Droplets in Microfluidic Systems -- The Front-Tracking Method for Multiphase Flows in Microsystems: Fundamentals -- The Front-Tracking Method for Multiphase Flows in Microsystems: Applications -- Gas Flows in the Transition and Free Molecular Flow Regimes -- Mixing in Microfluidic Systems -- AC Electrokinetic Flows -- Scaling Fundamentals and Applications of Digital Microfluidic Microsystems -- Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Platforms: Requirements, Characteristics and Applications -- Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Biomedical Applications -- Chip Based Electroanalytical Systems for Monitoring Cellular Dynamics -- Perfusion Based Cell Culture Chips -- Applications of Magnetic Labs-on-a-Chip -- Magnetic Particle Handling in Microfluidic Systems -- AC Electrokinetic Particle Manipulation in Microsystems -- Microfluidic Impedance Cytometry: Measuring Single Cells at High Speed -- Optofluidics -- Vivo-Fluidics and Programmable Matter -- Hydrophoretic Separation Method Applicable to Biological Samples -- Programmable Cell Manipulation Using Lab-on-a-Display.

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