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Cornell Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
The Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory, directed by Professor Brian Kirby, is a research group in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University devoted to research on understanding and application of micro- and nanofluidic systems. Micro-and Nanofluidics describe fluidic regimes defined by the length scale of the flow channels, the techniques for making the devices, and the dominant physics.

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Kirby Lab microfluidics nanofluidics protein refolding in microchips Miniaturizing pharmaceutical discovery
How microscale protein refolding devices accelerate pharmaceutical development
Kirby Lab microfluidics nanofluidics Circulating tumor cell capture
Enabling personalized chemotherapeutics for cancer patients
Kirby Lab microfluidics nanofluidics Patterned surface microstructures
Studying neurobiology with microfluidic tools
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics at Cornell.  Ben Hawkins in the lab.
Ben in the lab, working on dielectrophoresis in microchips, spring 2007.
Signal amplification from electrokinetic concentration of liposomes targeting biological pathogens. (see reference at the journal website here).
Atomic-force microscopy image of polyester/polyethylene fiber containing 1120 nanodomains and showing domain coalescence and domain dimensional instabilities, particularly in the outward radial direction (courtesy J. Hinestroza). We are using microfluidic techniques to pattern micron-scale portions of these nanofibers for material characterization.