Microfluidics Fundamentals

1949, German engineer Werner Jacobi developed integrated circuit (IC), that IC technology was used for the basis of photolithography 1952, James Nall and Jay Lathrop and began using photoresists to model, the chemical element, germanium. 1958-1959, Lathrop and Nall patented their discovery, and coined the word photolithography, which (there is a lot of conflicting info online, a lot of names, I don’t know how in depth to go) which pic do we want? 1950s and 1960s, the development of microanalytical methods and the miniaturization of chemical analysis systems. 1980s and 1990s that significant advancements were made, spurred by the advent of micromachining and microfabrication techniques borrowed from the semiconductor industry. These technological innovations allowed for the precise manipulation of fluids at the microscale. Late 1990s, The term “microfluidics,” itself, began to gain popularity in the late, as researchers recognized the potential of these small-scale fluid systems to revolutionize biological and chemical assays. Early applications focused on analytical chemistry and molecular biology, including capillary electrophoresis and DNA microarrays. Since then, microfluidics has evolved into a multidisciplinary field, influencing areas such as point-of-care diagnostics, drug discovery, and synthetic biology by enabling precise control and manipulation of small volumes of fluids in microfabricated channels and devices. This evolution reflects the field’s growth from foundational research to widespread application across the sciences and engineering.

Microfluidics is the science of determining how/the way fluids move through micro-channels, and it’s the manufacturing of micro sized chips containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow or are confined…

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