An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels
80 p.
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| author | Tang, Kum Cheong. |
| author2 | Gong Haiqing, Thomas |
| author_facet | Gong Haiqing, Thomas Tang, Kum Cheong. |
| author_sort | Tang, Kum Cheong. |
| collection | NTU |
| description | 80 p. |
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| format | Thesis |
| id | ntu-10356/47138 |
| institution | Nanyang Technological University |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/471382023-03-11T17:19:16Z An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels Tang, Kum Cheong. Gong Haiqing, Thomas School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering 80 p. A lab-on-a-chip (LOC) device is currently being developed at the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) to be used for the detection of viral particles. The device uses blood as an input material and by removing the blood cells en masse, the remaining solution known as plasma will be left behind to be used for virus detection. As there are millions of blood cells present even in a tiny quantity of blood, this complicates the task of cell removal. The present solution involves using a series of silicon filters to block the blood cells and allow the plasma solution to pass through. However, the method is slow and unproductive. Hence, the main purpose of this study is to investigate if it is possible to continuously separate blood by using other methods such as fluidic channels, knowing that the sedimentation of blood cells will occur naturally if a blood sample is left undisturbed for a period of time. Master of Science (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Engineering) 2011-12-27T06:28:26Z 2011-12-27T06:28:26Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/47138 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering Tang, Kum Cheong. An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels |
| title | An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels |
| title_full | An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels |
| title_fullStr | An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels |
| title_full_unstemmed | An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels |
| title_short | An experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels |
| title_sort | experimental investigation of the continuous separation of human blood for virus detection using fluidic channels |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/47138 |
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