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100 1 _aSengupta, Anupam.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTopological Microfluidics
_h[electronic resource] :
_bNematic Liquid Crystals and Nematic Colloids in Microfluidic Environment /
_cby Anupam Sengupta.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer International Publishing :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXVIII, 153 p. 96 illus., 25 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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490 1 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
_x2190-5053
505 0 _aLiquid crystal theory -- Materials and experimental methods -- Functionalization of microfluidic devices -- Nematic liquid crystals confined within a microfluidic device: Static case -- Flow of nematic liquid crystals in a microfluidic environment -- Nematic colloids in microfluidic confinement -- Ongoing research.
520 _aThis work represents one of the first comprehensive attempts to seamlessly integrate two highly active interdisciplinary domains in soft matter science – microfluidics and liquid crystals (LCs). Motivated by the lack of fundamental experiments, Dr. Sengupta initiated systematic investigation of LC flows at micro scales, gaining new insights that are also suggestive of novel applications. By tailoring the surface anchoring of the LC molecules and the channel dimensions, different topological constraints were controllably introduced within the microfluidic devices. These topological constraints were further manipulated using a flow field, paving the way for Topological Microfluidics.  Harnessing topology on a microfluidic platform, as described in this thesis, opens up capabilities beyond the conventional viscous-dominated microfluidics, promising potential applications in targeted delivery and sorting systems, self-assembled motifs, and novel metamaterial fabrications.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aChemistry, Physical organic.
650 0 _aHydraulic engineering.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aSoft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.
650 2 4 _aEngineering Fluid Dynamics.
650 2 4 _aFluid- and Aerodynamics.
650 2 4 _aPhysical Chemistry.
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830 0 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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