Microfluidics 2019: from laboratory tools to process development

The conference program includes 4 main sessions to put in perspective academic, engineering and finally industrial approaches.
All sessions welcome biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics disciplines.

1. Basic science with microfluidics 

• complex fluids, bubble and droplet microfluidics, biphasic flow, multiphase flow, hydrodynamics
• electro-osmotic flow, electrohydrodynamics, mass transport, heat transfer
• interfacial phenomenon, chemistry, biology, chemical kinetics
• thermodynamics, simulation

Fundamental studies with use of microfluidic or nanofluidic devices  are welcome in this session as well as experimental or theoretical physics and chemistry at micro/nano scale.

2. Analysis and micro-measurement 

• detection, sensors
• pre-treatment, image analysis
• microextraction, etc.

This session welcomes all works focusing on microfluidic devices able to perform fluid characterizations or dedicated to any specific measurement.         

3. New development for microfluidic devices 

• 3D printing, micro-fabrication, new materials, connectics, actuators
• dedicated chemistry, surface treatment, high pressure
• high pressure, high temperature

Here will be considered development of Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), new fabrication techniques or dedicated components to achieve studies with difficult fluids in non-standard thermodynamic conditions.

4. Toward industrial applications

• integration, process development
• upscaling/downscaling
• lab on a chip, high throughput screening

Abstracts showing attempts or results to use microfluidic tools to perform an industrial application are very welcome.