Modular Platforms for Optofluidic Systems

• Authors: Marko Brammer , Timo Mappes
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Optofluidics is increasingly gaining impact in a number of different fields of research, namely biology and medicine, environmental monitoring and green energy. However, the market for optofluidic products is still in the early development phase. In this manuscript, we discuss modular platforms as a potential concept to facilitate the transfer of optofluidic sensing systems to an industrial implementation. We present microfluidic and optical networks as a basis for the interconnection of optofluidic sensor modules. Finally, we show the potential for entire optofluidic networks

Keywords

EN

optofluidics; microfluidics; micro total analysis systems; backplane; modular platform

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Optofluidics, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2014

received

21 - 12 - 2012

accepted

21 - 12 - 2012

online

27 - 2 - 2013

Contributors

author

Marko Brammer

• This work has been carried out at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Microstructure Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany / Now with Festo AG, 73734 Esslingen, Germany

author

Timo Mappes

• This work has been carried out at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Microstructure Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany / Now with Carl Zeiss AG, Corpoate Research & Technology, 07745 Jena, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/optof-2013-0001