Diluting & mixing at the nanoscale for Organ-on-a-chip applications

dc.contributor.advisorRodríguez Gallo, Carolina
dc.contributor.advisorVilà i Arbonès, Anna Maria
dc.contributor.authorParcerisas Padilla, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-16T13:31:37Z
dc.date.available2025-09-16T13:31:37Z
dc.date.issued2025-06
dc.descriptionTreballs Finals de Grau de Física, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2025, Tutores: Carolina Rodríguez-Gallo, Anna M. Vilà Arbonèsca
dc.description.abstractIn this project, we designed, fabricated, and characterized a serpentine-shaped organ-on-a-chip (OoC) device. The device aims to model the effects of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) on muscle tissue. A 6 · 10−3 mg · mL−1 dilution of Rhodamine B fluorophore in MilliQ water was used to simulate liver medium, while Milli-Q water represented the muscle medium. Mixing efficiency was evaluated under different inlet liver pressures using fluorescence microscopy and Gaussian fitting of intensity profiles. The results showed that lower inlet pressures improved mixing, consistent with theoretical predictions for laminar flow regimes. Complete homogenization was observed immediately before the muscle chamber. Experimental limitations, such as unfocused images and fluorescence background from tubing, affected data quality. Nevertheless, with improved techniques, this device could be fully characterizedca
dc.format.extent7 p.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/223189
dc.language.isoengca
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd (c) Parcerisas, 2025
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.sourceTreballs Finals de Grau (TFG) - Física
dc.subject.classificationMicrofluídicacat
dc.subject.classificationFlux laminarcat
dc.subject.classificationTreballs de fi de graucat
dc.subject.otherMicrofluidicseng
dc.subject.otherLaminar floweng
dc.subject.otherBachelor's theseseng
dc.titleDiluting & mixing at the nanoscale for Organ-on-a-chip applicationseng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisca

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