Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Year
a
Merit
Reference
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2008,
February
First.microluidic.
device.made.entirely.
with.
(photolithographically.
patterned).paper.
A.W..Martinez,.
S.T. Phillips,.
E. Carrilho,.
S.W. Thomas.III,.
H..Sindi,.and.
G.M. Whitesides,.
Anal. Chem.
.
80
,.
3699.(2008)
2010, April
First.“in-cell”.
extracellular.
electrodes.
(providing.long-
term,.intracellular-
quality.recordings).
A..Hai,.J..Shappir,.
and.M.E..Spira,.
J. Neurophysiol.
104
,.559.(2010)
Non-junctional membrane
Junctional
membrane
Cleft
gMµE
Action ring
Device surface
a.
Month.indicates.acceptance.date,.if.known,.or.publication.date.
A.12 Glossary of Terms—The First BioMEMS Dictionary
(to Be Used Instead of
Wikipedia
)
Here, you will ind a compilation of all the technical terms that appear in the text. his glossary
of terms is included here for two reasons. First, to provide some additional rigor to the text,
which I purposely wrote in a rather informal style (evading the engineering and physics style
that is full of deinitions). Second, I made this efort ater I noticed that the deinitions of many
of these “BioMEMS-related terms” in
Wikipedia
had some imprecisions, or were just not writ-
ten in a way that is amenable for study—and I know that today students use
Wikipedia
“a lot.”
(Conversely, if you notice that my deinition is very similar to the one found in
Wikipedia
, it's
because I agree with the
Wikipedia
deinition and I didn't see a reason to reinvent the wheel.)
A
absolute viscosity:
See
dynamic viscosity.
acoustic streaming:
Steady current in a luid driven by the absorption of high-amplitude acous-
tic oscillations.
acoustophoresis:
Separation of particles suspended in a luid (e.g., cells and beads) by means of
acoustic ields, usually forming a standing wave within a microchannel. he technique
was invented by homas Laurell from Lund University (Sweden) in 2004.
adsorption:
Adhesion of a chemical species (atoms, ions, or molecules) onto a surface.
alginate:
Anionic polysaccharide from the cell walls of seaweed (such as the giant kelp) and bac-
teria. he commercial varieties of alginate are used to form hydrogels that are widely
used in biotechnology (e.g., cell encapsulation and microluidics) and the food/culi-
nary industries (e.g., for thickening drinks and ice cream making).
