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Nano Trends – A Journal of Nano Technology & Its Applications

Short Review on Fluid Mechanics with the Domain of Nanotechnology for Applications in Nuclear-Reactors

  1. Subhadeep Mukhopadhyay

Abstract

In this work, a brief review on microfluidic flow is provided. Also, the brief ideas on very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits are provided. A single polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) based gradual expansion microchannel is fabricated by the maskless lithography, hot embossing lithography and direct bonding technique. Surface-driven microfluidic flow of dyed water is recorded in the fabricated device using a CMOS camera catching 25 frames per second with a corresponding time-scale resolution of 0.04 second. Microfluidics is in the domain of fluid mechanics. Very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits and ultra large scale integration (ULSI) circuits are in the domain of nanotechnology. Hence, this work may be suitable for miniaturisation in nuclear-reactor technology by proper integration between microfluidics and very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits in future.

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