3-D Rendering of the Microfluidic Platform (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

3-D Rendering of the Microfluidic Platform

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This is a 3-D rendering of a custom-designed palm-sized microfluidic platform that enables the stretching of polymers in dilute solution in order to measure their relaxation time, i.e. the time it takes for these polymers to return to equilibrium from a deformed state. The relaxation time is a critical indicator of the behavior of a polymer molecule in solution.

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