Spira mirabilis enhanced density gradient centrifguation
Kearney, Sinéad M., Kinahan, David J.ORCID: 0000-0003-1968-2016 and Ducrée, JensORCID: 0000-0002-0366-1897
(2013)
Spira mirabilis enhanced density gradient centrifguation.
In: The 26th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS2013), 20-24 Jan 2013, Taipei, Taiwan.
ISBN 978-1-4673-5654-1
The centrifugal microfluidic “lab-on-a-disc”
paradigm is particularly suited to the pre-conditioning of
whole blood. In this work we define the geometry of
sedimentation chambers using the Spira Mirabilis
(equiangular spiral) and so enhance the Boycott Effect
and increase the speed at which blood may be stratified
using a density gradient media. We find that using the
Spira Mirabilis defined chambers can increase the speed
of stratification by up to 25% compared with equivalent
linear chambers.
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Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Event Type:
Conference
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
lab-on-a-disc; blood; geometry of sedimentation chambers