THE LEARNING LIBRARY

Build your understanding.

Concise explanations, original diagrams and links to the evidence.

BEGINNER · 3 MIN READ

From a diagram to a research prototype

Prepare a useful project brief before approaching a fabrication facility.

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BEGINNER · 3 MIN READ

See a dispersed stream form separate droplets inside a surrounding liquid.

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BEGINNER · 3 MIN READ

Understand how two adjacent microchannels can support interacting tissues.

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BEGINNER · 2 MIN READ

Learn to follow a fluid path from inlet to outlet and recognise the parts shared by many chip experiments.

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BEGINNER · 3 MIN READ

Explore how solutes move between adjacent streams in a simple channel.

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REFERENCE TOOLS

GLOSSARY

Plain-language definitions of the terms you’ll meet in product specifications and papers, from laminar flow to TEER, each with a source.

CALCULATOR

Estimate velocity, residence time, Reynolds number, pressure drop and wall shear stress for a rectangular microchannel.