Table 1. Aspects of Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics Practicals from the Literature.
Aspect | Characteristic | Literature (see References; T = This Article) |
---|---|---|
School level | Secondary school | (2, 3, 13), T |
Undergraduate courses | (1, 4−10, 13, 15), T | |
Domain | Physics | (1, 2, 5, 11), T |
Chemistry | (1−7, 10−14), T | |
Biology | (2, 8, 10, 11, 13−15), T | |
Engineering | (1−3, 10−12, 14), T | |
Goal | Introduction to microfluidics | (1−3, 5, 10, 11, 13), T |
Demonstration | (1, 2, 11, 12), T | |
Design and engineering skills | (1−4, 10, 11, 13, 14), T | |
Small-scale analysis and synthesis | (1−8, 12, 15) | |
Concepts | Capillary flow | (1, 2, 11, 13), T |
Laminar flow | (1−3, 5, 11), T | |
Mixing | (1−4, 6, 10, 11, 14), T | |
Droplet formation | (1, 2), T | |
Measurement and detection | (1, 7), T | |
Electrochemistry | (1) | |
Chemical analysis | (1, 7, 12) | |
Chemical synthesis | (3−6, 10), T | |
Biological experiments on chip | (2, 8, 11, 13−15) |