See How Modeling and Simulation Is Used Across Industries
Multiphysics modeling and simulation drives innovation across industries and academia — as is evidenced by the many uses showcased in the technical papers and posters presented by engineers, researchers, and scientists at the COMSOL Conference each year.
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Electroporation is the process of creating temporary hydrophilic pores in the cell membrane by applying an external electric field of specific strength and duration. It is used for gene transfection, and transport of other useful biomolecules and therapeutic drugs into the cell. When a ... Read More
The blood-brain barrier presents a unique and highly selective semipermeable barrier composed of endothelial and supporting cells. In stressed states, such as during systemic inflammation, the barrier can become “leaky”, increasing in permeability and leading to unwanted solutes from the ... Read More
Microbubble oscillations in the presence of ultrasound wave inside blood vessel have been widely studied for therapeutic applications like drug and gene delivery[1], blood-brain barrier opening[2], and lysis of blood clot[3] and cell membrane[4]. An oscillating bubble exerts stresses on ... Read More
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used for the study of aging in eukaryotic cells. The traditional method for this study uses micromanipulators which makes it difficult, time consuming and expensive. Over time, different microfluidic platforms, usually referred to as 'mother ... Read More
Microphysiological systems (MPS) combine microfluidics, MEMS, and biotechnology techniques to mimic human organ function in vitro. Such devices are being developed to provide better levels of tissue and organ functionality compared with conventional cell culture systems, and have great ... Read More
Recent events underscore the importance of rapid diagnostic tests for detecting viruses such as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus or for screening cancer biomarkers. Many fluidic-based diagnostics applications require careful control of chemical and biological species concentrations. In this ... Read More
While electrostatic actuators feature prominently among the most widely employed classes of actuators for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), conventional embodiments of these devices (e.g., parallel plate structures) notoriously suffer from several significant drawbacks. Most ... Read More
Droplet-based microfluidic systems are emerging as an ideal platform for the high-throughput screening of eukaryotic cells aimed to understand the complex, multidimensional, and dynamic biological processes [1]. Here, two aqueous droplets – each containing a eukaryotic cell – suspended ... Read More
Near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) unifies the potential of scanning probe technology with the power of optical microscopy as if like having eyes into the nanoworld. To efficiently channel the illumination light to the tip apex and acquire optical images beyond the diffraction ... Read More
The design of highly-sensitive thermoelectric microfluidic sensors for the characterization of biochemical processes is an important area of engineering research. This study reports three-dimensional numerical analysis of the critical design parameters of a continuous-flow biosensor with ... Read More