Publications by authors named "Alia Marafie"
A numerical study was conducted to analyze fluid flow within hollow fiber membranes of the artificial lungs. The hollow fiber bundle was approximated using a porous media model. In addition, the transport equations were solved using the finite-element formulation based on the Galerkin method of weighted residuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCharacterization of DNA hybridization kinetics in a microfluidic flow channel.
Sens Actuators B Chem
January 2006
Article Synopsis
- - This study investigates how various factors like flow rate, velocity, DNA concentration, channel height, and time affect the process of DNA hybridization in microfluidics.
- - Using a syringe pump, the researchers sent Cy3-labeled target DNA through a PDMS microfluidic channel to bind with DNA from the West Nile Virus.
- - They found that lowering the channel height improves the delivery of target DNA to capture probes, leading to higher fluorescence for lower DNA concentrations, with optimal results achieved at a high flow rate and low channel height in just 2 minutes.