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SUMMARY:The physics of droplets and interfaces in microsystems
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jean Berthier\nSenior scientist at CEA-Leti\, Grenoble\, F
 rance\n\nAbout the author\nJean Berthier is a Scientist at the CEA/LETI an
 d teaches at the University of Grenoble. He received an Engineering Diplom
 a from the Institut National Polytechnique\, and a MS in Mathematics from 
 the University of Grenoble and a PhD from the University UPMC-Sorbonne in 
 Paris. He is presently involved in the development of microdevices for liq
 uid-liquid extraction (LLE)\, flow focusing devices (FFD) for bio-encapsul
 ation of live cells\, suspended microfluidic resonators (SMR) for high sen
 sitivity biodetection\, capillary self-alignment (CSA) for 3D microelectro
 nics\, and numerical methods for the prediction of droplets and interfaces
  behavior in microsystems.\n\nHe is the first author of the book Microflui
 dics for Biotechnology first published by Artech House in November 2005\, 
 with a second edition in 2010. He is also the author of the book Microdrop
 s and Digital Microfluidics published by William Andrew/Elsevier in Februa
 ry 2008 with a second edition due in December 2012. He is the first author
  of the book “The Physics of Microdroplets” published in 2012 by Scriv
 ener/Wiley Publishing. He is a member of the editorial board of the journa
 ls Biomicrofluidics and Modern Instrumentation\, a member of the American 
 Chemical Society\, and of the French Observatory for Micro and Nano Techno
 logy (OMNT). He has published numerous scientific papers and patents.\nAbs
 tract\nMicrofluidic systems have found many applications: They are used in
  Biotechnology\, Biology\, Microelectronics\, Mechatronics\, Optofluidics\
 , etc. An interesting subdomain of microfluidics is capillarity. The first
  reason of the growing popularity of the use of capillary forces in micros
 ystems is the absence of external pumping systems\, or on-chip moving part
 s. Capillary systems are passive and usually costless. The second reason i
 s that\, at the microscale\, capillary forces are overcoming most of usual
  forces\, like weight and inertia. In the presentation\, I will focus on t
 he main aspects of capillarity with the basic laws and their applications.
  I have selected three main groups of applications: digital microfluidics 
 based on electrowetting\, open microfluidics based on spontaneous capillar
 y flows\, capillary self-alignment with its applications to 3D microelectr
 onics.
LOCATION:CM100 http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room=cm100
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