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Elveflow’s online microfluidic calculator has been designed to help researchers and especially non-specialists of the microfluidics field. It helps you assess key parameters to configure your microfluidic experiment.
Check out our dedicated tutorial with Kalyan Veerendra!
It should be noted that every microfluidic chip and setup are different. Here, we use a generic microfluidic system to give you a basic understanding of the parameters to select the right components for your setup.
Here are some of the many applications made easier by this calculator:
Please note that each microfluidic system is different and the differences within the overall system, like the specific design of the chip will likely have an impact on the calculations performed using the tool. t is likely that the actual parameters would vary based on the real world experimental conditions. It’s always good to recalculate each time you make adjustments to your parameters.
For more understanding of the working principle of pressure-driven flow controlled microfluidics, watch the following video.
All those elements will impact the calculation of your flow rate and the microfluidic resistance of your system. For more insight into those parameters, please refer to this application note.
Please refer to the application note: how to implement/convert the fluid properties inside my reservoir.
You can select from either the drop down menu of the commonly used fluids in microfluidics, or custom parameters for viscosity and density.
For the sake of this demo, we will use medium with 10% serum, most commonly used.
Please refer to the application note: how to take into account the tubing resistance if high compared to your chip. For this demonstration, we will consider it as negligible.
We can see the calculator automatically updates the calculations with data from Part 2.
The shear stress result is in accordance with the experimental data given by the IBIDI datasheet.
Also, the calculator gives you recommendations on:
Online microfluidic calculator
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