Applied Rheology Volume 19 · Issue 3 fluidics was also held, chaired by Professor Robert Austin (Princeton University). The talks were centered around three main topics, namely, fundamentals in microfluidics, fundamentals in nanofluidics, and their applications particularly in biological engineering. Many of the lectures on the fundamentals of microfluidics focused on electrokineticallydriven microfluidic transport and manipulation (electroosmotic flow, electrophoresis, dielectrophoresis, electrowetting, and electrorheological fluids), although other novel mechanisms such as a unique deterministic ratcheting scheme for microfluidic flow fractionation and particle separation, optical manipulation and trapping, and the use of surface acoustic waves to drive ultrafast microfluidic actuation and complex dynamic pattern formation, were also discussed. Another area of research which featured prominently in the fundamental microfluidics theme was surface patterning and modification, droplet formation and transport, and investigations on wetting and contact line dynamics, given their importance in microfluidic phenomena. The talks on fundamentals of nanofluidics were centered around recurrent themes of electrokinetic transport and molecular confinement in nanochannels reflecting the importance of these problems in nanoscale fluid transport. These talks also highlighted the possibility for a wide range of nanofluidic applications such as molecular sievConference Report I
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