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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2016

Lab-on-a-chip workshop activities for secondary school students.

Mohammad M N Esfahani, Mark D Tarn, Tahmina A Choudhury, Laura C Hewitt, Ashley J Mayo, Theodore A Rubin, Mathew R Waller, Martin G Christensen, Amy Dawson, Nicole Pamme

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Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Lab-on-a-Chip: Frontier Science in the Classroom.Journal of chemical education · 2018
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10 authors.

Mohammad M N Esfahani
Mark D TarnDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Tahmina A ChoudhuryDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Laura C HewittDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Ashley J MayoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Theodore A RubinDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Mathew R WallerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Martin G ChristensenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Amy DawsonSchool of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
Nicole PammeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hull , Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to engage and inspire younger generations in novel areas of science is important for bringing new researchers into a burgeoning field, such as lab-on-a-chip. We recently held a lab-on-a-chip workshop for secondary school students, for which we developed a number of hands-on activities that explained various aspects of microfluidic technology, including fabrication (milling and moulding of microfluidic devices, and wax printing of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices, so-called μPADs), flow regimes (gradient formation via diffusive mixing), and applications (tissue analysis and μPADs). Questionnaires completed by the students indicated that they found the workshop both interesting and informative, with all activities proving successful, while providing feedback that could be incorporated into later iterations of the event.

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PMID26865902
PMCPMC4744233

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