µFlu'06

3^rd Microfluidics French Conference

Microfluidics 2006
(µFlu’06)

http://microfluidique.insa-toulouse.fr/mf06.htm

December 12-14, 2006
INSA Toulouse, France

135 avenue de Rangueil
31077 Toulouse cedex 4

The third Microfluidics French Conference (µFlu’06), organized by the "Société Hydrotechnique de France" will be held during December 12-14, 2006 at INSA, Toulouse, France. In the continuity of the first two editions, this conference will be widely open to the contributions of the international community.

Developed topics

Call for papers

Scientific Committee

Conference objecti ve

Guidelines for speakers

Program

Draft paper submission

Photos of the Conference

Photos of the Conference

You can watch, download or print photos of the Conference. Coopyright Jeerasak Pitakarnnop.

	1st day (Tuesday 12 December)
	2nd day (Wednesday 13 December)
	3rd day (Thursday 14 December)

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Conference objective

The aim of this conference is to strengthen the links inside the scientific community in this young discipline and to promote exchanges between universities and industrial companies.

Microfluidics finds now applications in every industrial sector, as well as in numerous media covered fields like biology, medicine, chemical or process engineering, than in transport engineering, environment, microelectronics… However, the understanding of microflows behaviour has still to be improved to respond to the rapid development of fluidic microsystems.

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Developed topics

Considered flows concern physical, chemical or biological systems whose characteristic dimensions range from a few tenths to a few tens of micrometers. Two main axis will be explored:

1. Microflows: fundamental properties.

Specific behaviours of microflows found in various basic actions such as transport, transfer, dosing, mixing, will be studied here. This will concern liquid, gaseous or two phase flows, with or without chemical or biological reactions, in microchannels, more complex microsystems or in microdroplets form. Modelling, numerical simulation and experimental analysis of these microflows will focus, notably but non exclusively, on:

	rarefaction effects: slip and transition flows, thermal creep, accommodation pumping…
	electrokinetic effects: electro-hydrodynamics, electrochemical aspects…
	micropolar effects
	thermoacoustics phenomena
	rheological effects
	boundary conditions and role of surface texture
	instabilities
	interfacial phenomena: wetting, phase change, coalescence…
	heat transfer with or without phase change
	experimental techniques: visualisation, velocimetry, flow rate, pressure and temperature measurements…

2. Fluidic microsystems: applications and technology.

This part is devoted to:

	materials, manufacturing technologies, assembling and packaging,…
	fluid handling techniques: pumping, mixing, separation, electrophoresis, active control for aerodynamics (drag reduction, separation control, noise reduction)…
	applications and integrated systems: cooling, propulsion, pumping, vacuum generation, DNA analysis, cell handling…
	economical and industrial stakes.

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Invited lectures

Each day of the conference begins with an invited lecture.

Beyond Navier-Stokes: hydrodynamic models for rarefaction phenomena in microscale gas flows, presented by Jason M Reese, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Abstract: It is remarkable that no current fluid dynamic model appears to be able to capture some of the most interesting and important rarefaction phenomena of micro- and nanoscale gas flows with sufficient accuracy and computational efficiency. This is because the conventional Navier-Stokes fluid equations do not allow for the local thermodynamic non-equilibrium that makes the behaviour of these rarefied gas flows uniquely complex. In this talk I will focus on two fundamentally non-equilibrium aspects of these flows: gas velocity slip at solid surfaces, and the associated Knudsen layer extending from the solid surface into the flow. I will describe the success and failures of various hydrodynamic models being developed to capture this non-equilibrium flow physics, and give examples of current test applications in micro gas flow situations.

Biography:

Professor Jason Reese

Professor Jason Reese holds the Weir Chair of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. He has a BSc in Physics from Imperial College London, and a DPhil in Applied Mathematics from Oxford University. He has worked at the Technische Universitaet Berlin, Cambridge University, Aberdeen University and King's College London, and was appointed to the professorship at Strathclyde University in 2003. His research activities focus on fluids engineering systems that are far from equilibrium: high-speed aerodynamics, nano- and microfluidics, rapid granular/gas flows, dynamical fluid/structure interaction, and other multiscale flows problems. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and of the Institute of Physics, and ExxonMobil Fellow. He won a Philip Leverhulme Prize (awarded by the Leverhulme Trust) in 2003 and the 36th Bruce-Preller Prize Lectureship (awarded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh) in 2004 for his research achievements.

Optimal design of microfluidic networks using biologically-inspired principles, presented by Robert W. Barber, Centre for Microfluidics and Microsystems Modelling, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK

Authors: Robert W. Barber and David R. Emerson

Abstract: From the earliest of times, Man has sought to replicate and copy ideas that have evolved naturally in plants and animals. Understanding and extracting these “natural” design strategies has opened up a whole new field of research known as biomimetics. Designs formulated using biologically-inspired principles range from novel surface treatments that mimic physiological processes to geometrical optimisation for improving the performance of a system. In this paper, we will show how biomimetic principles based on the laws that govern biological vascular trees can be used to design artificial microfluidic distribution systems. The study focuses specifically on microfluidic manifolds composed of constant-depth rectangular- or trapezoidal-sectioned channels as these geometries can readily be fabricated using standard micro-fabrication techniques. We will show that it is possible to introduce a prescribed element of flow control into the system by carefully selecting the branching parameter that governs the change in channel dimension at each bifurcation.

Biographies:

Dr. Robert BARBER

Dr. Robert Barber is the Associate Director of C3M - the Centre for Microfluidics and Microsystems Modelling at CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington, UK. He received his Ph.D. in Computational Fluid Dynamics in 1990 and spent 10 years as a Lecturer in Engineering Fluid Mechanics at the University of Salford. In 2000, he joined the newly established Centre for Microfluidics and Microsystems Modelling at Daresbury Laboratory, specialising in low Reynolds number hydrodynamics and the numerical modelling of non-equilibrium gas-phase flows in MEMS. His research activities also include the simulation of micro-reactors and rapid mixing devices for high-throughput life-science applications, air-segmented and capillary-driven liquid handling systems, electroosmotic/electrophoretic systems and ultrasonic particle separation devices.

Dr. David EMERSON

Dr. David Emerson is the Director of C3M - the Centre for Microfluidics and Microsystems Modelling at CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory. He graduated in Applied Mathematics and Physics from the University of Cardiff and spent several years working in the aerospace industry before studying for his Ph.D. in the Department of Aeronautics at Manchester University. He completed his Ph.D. in 1990 and joined CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory to support the UK engineering community in making more extensive use of high performance computing. He has been working in the field of CFD for over 15 years and his recent research has focused on the challenges of modelling microfluidic flows, such as non-equilibrium gas phenomena and droplet transport.

Digital microfluidics using EWOD and SAW actuation for biological applications, presented by Christian Druon, Institut d’Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, USTL, Lille , France

Abstract: Microfluidics based on liquid droplet handling or « Digital Microfluidics » offers numerous advantages for biological applications using “Lab-on-Chip” devices. In this context a calibrated droplet containing biological analytes (proteins for example) acts as a mobile microlaboratory. The droplet is thus moved to contact biological functionalized areas in order to achieve specific treatments. We present two methods allowing the fabrication of such fluidic microsystems. The first one concerns EWOD (ElectroWetting On Dielectric) actuation and the second SAW (Surface Acoustic Waves) actuation. A comparison of both methods is proposed from a technological point of view. Current results concerning droplet displacement and temperature control allowing biological applications especially in Proteomic area are presented.

Biography:

Professor Christian DRUON

Christian Druon received the degree in engineering from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Lille, France in 1970 and the PhD degree in Physics from the University of Lille in 1984. In 1991 he was an appointed professor at the University of Valenciennes. Since 1996 he has been a research scientist at the University of Lille. He is also with the Institut d’Electronique, de Micrélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN), Villeneuve d’Ascq, France. His current research interests are the design, fabrication and development of MEMS and microfluidic elements, devices and circuits for applications in the ‘Lab-on-a-chip’ area.

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Program

You can download the Program.

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Guidelines for speakers

Papers presentation

A micro computer and a video projector will be available for oral presentations

Invited lectures are 30 min long (25 min for presentation + 5 min for questions)

Oral presentations - sessions 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 et 17 - are 20 min long (15 min for presentation + 5 min for questions)

Poster sessions - sessions 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 et 16 - begin by a short oral presentation (5 min). Every coffee breaks will be held around posters, allowing discussion

English and French are official languages of the conference. Slides or speech, or both of them, should be in English. French is possible for slides or for speech but not for both of them.

Instructions for oral and poster sessions

For oral presentation by video projection (invited lecture, oral session and short oral presentation before poster sessions), you are asked to send at least the week before the conference a copy of your Power Point or Pdf file

preferentially by email : microfluidique2006@insa-toulouse.fr

or failing that on a CD-ROM sent by mail to: Lucien Baldas, INSAT, Département GM, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse cedex 4, France.

The compatibility of your files will then be checked, and they will be ready for presentation on the micro computer in the conference room.

For poster presentation, we recommend you to send your poster by mail at least a week before the beginning of the conference (max size : height 1,25 m; width 1 m, on a one piece roll which will be pined up on a board) to: Sandrine Geoffroy, INSAT, Département GM, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse cedex 4, France.
Posters will be displayed before the beginning of the conference and will be visible during all the conference, at poster sessions and coffee breaks.

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Call for papers - abstract submission

Submit your abstract (pdf format) by email at microfluidique2006@insa-toulouse.fr .

Abstracts and papers can be written in French or in English, which will be the languages of the conference. The papers will be edited in the CD-ROM Conference Proceedings, and a selection of the best papers will be proposed for publication in international journals: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, International Journal of Heat and Technology, La Houille Blanche.

	One page abstract: May 1^st, 2006
	Abstract acceptance notification: May 10^th , 2006
	Draft paper due for review: July 10^th, 2006 (extended deadline)
	Paper acceptance notification: September 30^th, 2006
	Final paper due: October 15^th, 2006

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Draft paper submission

Submit your draft paper by email at microfluidique2006@insa-toulouse.fr before July 10th, 2006.

Papers can be written in French or in English, with an abstract in both languages. Please use the paper-template.

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Scientific Committee

Chairman: Stéphane COLIN, Toulouse, France

Robert BARBER, Daresbury, England

Yves FOUILLET, Grenoble, France

Anne-Marie GUE, Toulouse, France

Gérard GUIFFANT, Paris, France

Monique LALLEMAND, Lyon, France

Olivier LEBAIGUE, Grenoble, France

Jean-Claude LENGRAND, Orléans, France

Pierrick LOTTON, Le Mans, France

Denis MAILLET, Nancy, France

Gian Luca MORINI, Bologna, Italy

David NEWPORT, Limerick, Ireland

Christian ODDOU, Paris, France

Khellil SEFIANE, Edinburg, Scotland

Lounès TADRIST, Marseille, France

Sedat TARDU, Grenoble, France

Dimitris VALOUGEORGIS, Volos, Greece

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Registration

For registration to the Conference, please fill in the registration form and send it back to SHF :

Brigitte BITON
SOCIETE HYDROTECHNIQUE DE FRANCE
25 rue des Favorites F-75015 PARIS
Tél. +33 1 42 50 91 03 - Fax + 33 1 42 50 59 83 - e-mail : shf@shf.asso.fr

Rates (in euros, including taxes 19,60 % ), including proceedings on CDROM (except for reduced rates) and lunches :

Early Bird Rates
by October 31, 2006 Regular Rates
after October 31, 2006

General € 440 € 490

SHF members € 360 € 400

Speakers € 220 € 250

Reduced rates for students, retired (without CDROM) € 170 € 185

Proceedings on CDROM € 40 + € 5 for postage

For logistic reason, it is mandatory to reserve lunches while registrating.

Banquet on Wednesday, 13 December : € 50. Banquet will be held at "Orangerie de Rochemontès", north of Toulouse.

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Conference venue

INSA, Amphithéâtre Joseph Fourier
135 avenue de Rangueil,
31077 Toulouse cedex 4
tél : +33 5 61 55 95 13

Going to INSA :

from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport:

	by taxi, around 30 €, 30-40 min
	by shuttle, to town center (3,7 € - stop Jeanne d'Arc) and bus n°24 direction Rangueil Cité U stop INSA

from Toulouse-Matabiau station:

	by taxi, around 15 €, 15-20 min
	by bus n°24 direction Rangueil Cité U stop INSA

by road: exit 20, complexe scientifique de Rangueil


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At INSA: Conference is held in amphi Joseph Fourier (bat. 30)

In case of emergency, to join a congressist:
phone to Mechanical Engineering Department (Martine Bisauta): +33 5 61 55 97 19.

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Hotels

A selection of hotels in Toulouse is proposed. You can locate then on a map (rates are indicative, and could be modified):

HOTEL HOLIDAY INN (CAPOUL) *** 13, Place Wilson 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 10 70 70 fax : 05 61 21 96 70 E-mail : hi@capoul.com web : http://www.hotel-capoul.com rate : single & double 130 €, comfortable 155 € breakfast 13 € public parking 15 € / day	HOTEL MERCURE WILSON *** 7, Rue Labeda 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 34 45 40 60 fax : 05 34 45 40 61 E-mail : H1260@accor-hotels.com rate : single 123 €, double 133 € breakfast included private parking 11 € / day
HOTEL DE BRIENNE *** 20, Boulevard Maréchal Leclerc 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 23 60 60 fax : 05 61 23 18 94 rate : 73 to 85 € breakfast 9 € free parking	HOTEL DE PARIS *** 18, Allées Jean-Jaurès 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 62 98 30 fax : 05 62 73 34 09 rate : single 57 €, double 62 € breakfast included public parking 12 € / day and 5,2 € / night
HOTEL MERCURE ATRIA *** Boulevard Lascrosses 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 11 09 09 fax : 05 61 23 14 12 E-mail : H1585@accor-hotels.com web : http://www.mercure.com rate : single 109 €, double 114 € breakfast 12 € parking 9 € / day	HOTEL MERCURE MATABIAU *** Boulevard Pierre-Semard 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 34 41 36 70 fax : 05 34 41 36 71 E-mail : H1259@accor-hotels.com web : http://www.mercure.com rate : single 74 €, double 83 € breakfast 10 € public parking 12 € / night
HOTEL MERMOZ *** 50 Rue Matabiau 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 63 04 04 fax : 05 61 63 15 64 E-mail : information@hotel-mermoz.com web : http://www.hotel-mermoz.com rate : single & double 97 € breakfast 10 € parking 7 € / day	HOTEL ATHÉNÉE *** 13 rue Matabiau 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 63 10 63 fax : 05 61 63 87 80 E-mail : hotel-athenee@wanadoo.fr web : http://www.athenee-hotel.com rate : single 97 €, double 107 € breakfast 9,2 €
GRAND HOTEL RAYMOND IV*** 16 rue Raymond IV 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 62 89 41 fax : 05 61 62 38 01 E-Mail : hotel.raymond4@wanadoo.fr web : http://www.grandhotel-raymond4.com rate : standing 84 €, executive 114 €, luxe 130 € breakfast 12 € parking 10 € / night	HOTEL BEST WESTERN LES CAPITOULS*** 29 allées jean Jaurès 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 34 41 31 21 fax : 05 61 63 15 17 E-Mail : reservation@hotel-capitouls.com web : http://www.bestwestern-capitouls.com rate : single 110 €, double 125 € breakfast 13 € public parking 5,2 € / night
HOTEL GRAND BALCON ** 8 rue Romiguières (Place du Capitole) 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 48 08 fax : 05 61 21 59 98 rate : single 27,45 €, double 35,10 - 45,75 € breakfast 3,85 €	HOTEL OURS BLANC ** 2 rue Victor Hugo 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 62 40 fax : 05 61 23 62 34 E-Mail : wilson@hotel-oursblanc.com web : http://www.hotel-oursblanc.com rate : single 50 - 62 €, double 65 € breakfast 7 € public parking 12 € / day
HOTEL OURS BLANC ** 25 place Victor Hugo 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 23 14 55 fax : 05 61 23 62 34 E-Mail : wilson@hotel-oursblanc.com web : http://www.hotel-oursblanc.com rate : single 53 - 62 €, double 65 € breakfast 7 € public parking 5,2 € / night - 12,4 € / day	HOTEL LA CARAVELLE ** 62 rue Raymond 4 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 62 70 65 fax : 05 61 99 08 67 rate : single 55 €, double 65 - 75 € breakfast 8 € parking 8 € / night
HOTEL IBIS PONT JUMEAUX ** 99 boulevard de la Marquette 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 62 27 28 28 fax : 05 62 27 14 01 E-Mail : h1430@accor-hotels.com web : http://www.accorhotels.com rate : 65 € breakfast 6 €	HOTEL DE BORDEAUX ** 4 boulevard de Bonrepos 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 62 41 09 fax : 05 61 63 06 65 rate : single 40 €, double 45 € breakfast 6,1 € private parking 6,1 € / day
HOTEL D'ORSAY ** 8 boulevard de Bonrepos 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 62 71 61 fax : 05 61 62 64 46 rate : single 50 €, double 52 € breakfast 6 € private parking 6 € / day	HOTEL ALBION ** 28 rue Bachelier 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 63 60 36 fax : 05 61 62 66 95 E-Mail : hotel.albion@wanadoo.fr web : http://www.Pers31.com/albion rate : single 44 €, double 54 € breakfast 6,5 € private parking 5 € / day
HOTEL IBIS CENTRE ** 2 rue Claire Pauilhac 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 63 61 63 fax : 05 61 63 07 46 E-Mail : H1429@accor-hotels.com web : http://www.accorhotels.com rate : 49 - 68 € breakfast 6 € public parking 9 € / day	HOTEL ALBERT 1er ** 8 rue Rivals 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 17 91 fax : 05 61 21 09 64 E-Mail : toulouse@hotel-albert1.com web : http://www.hotel-albert1.com rate : single 58 €, double 65 - 69 € breakfast 8,9 € public parking 8,5 € / day
HOTEL VICTOR HUGO ** 26 boulevard de Strasbourg 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 63 40 41 fax : 05 61 62 66 31 web : http://www.hebergementsdefrance.com/hotel-victorhugo rate : single 48 €, double 48 - 60 € breakfast 6 € public parking 5 € / night	HOTEL CASTELLANE ** 17 rue Castellane 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 62 18 82 fax : 05 61 62 58 04 web : http://www.castellanehotel.com rate : single & double 60 € breakfast 7 € public parking 9 € / night
HOTEL DE FRANCE ** 5 rue d'Austerlitz 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 88 24 fax : 05 61 21 99 77 E-Mail : contact@hotel-france-toulouse.com web : http://www.hotel-france-toulouse.com rate : single 48 €, double 48 - 60 € breakfast 6 € public parking 5 € / night	HOTEL DU TAUR ** 2 rue du Taur 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 17 54 fax : 05 61 13 78 41 E-Mail : contact@hotel-du-taur.com web: http://www.hotel-du-taur.com rate : single 45 - 55 €, double 52 - 60 € breakfast 7,5 € public parking 13 € / day
HOTEL SAINT SERNIN ** 2 rue Saint Bernard 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 73 08 fax : 05 61 22 49 61 rate : single 46 - 48 €, double 50 - 76 € breakfast 7 € parking 8 € / day	HOTEL OURS BLANC CENTRE ** 2 rue Porte Sardane 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 25 97 fax : 05 61 23 96 27 E-Mail : centre@hotel-oursblanc.com rate : single & double 59 - 65 € breakfast 7 € public parking 7 € / night
HOTEL ROYAL WILSON ** 6 rue Labeda 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 12 41 41 fax : 05 61 12 41 53 rate : single 54 €, double 58 - 69 € breakfast 5,8 € private parking 7 € / night	HOTEL WILSON SQUARE ** 12 rue d'Austerlitz 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 21 67 57 fax : 05 61 21 16 23 E-mail : contact@hotel-wilson.com web : http://www.hotel-wilson.com rate : single 45 €, double 50 € breakfast 6,5 € public parking 5 € / night
HOTEL DU CAPITOLE ** 10 rue Rivals 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 23 21 28 fax : 05 61 23 67 48 web : http://www.capitole-hotel.com rate : single 43 - 68 €, double 50 - 75 € breakfast 8,5 € public parking 5,8 € / night	HOTEL PRESIDENT ** 43, 45 rue Raymond IV 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 63 46 46 fax : 05 61 62 83 60 E-Mail : contact@hotel-president.com web : http://www.hotel-president.com rate : single 55 €, double 58 € breakfast 7,8 € private parking 6,5 € / night
LE KYRIAD ** 5, 7 boulevard de la Gare 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 34 11 71 fax : 05 61 34 12 21 E-Mail : kyriad.toulouse.centre@lsfhotels.com rate : single 66 €, double 69 € breakfast 7 € free private parking	HOTEL DES ARTS * 1 bis rue Cantegril 31000 Toulouse tél : 05 61 23 36 21 fax : 05 61 12 22 37 rate 26 - 30,5 €, double 30 - 33,5 € breakfast 5 €
ETAP'HOTEL 23 boulevard des Minimes 31000 Toulouse tél : 08 92 68 31 10 fax : 05 61 13 30 54 rate : single & double 37 € free parking	HOTEL FORMULE 1 Parc d'activité technologique Avenue de l'Europe 31520 Ramonville Saint Agne tél : 08 91 70 54 13 web : http://www.hotelformule1.com/formule1/index.html rate : 1, 2 ou 3 personnes 28 € *This* hotel is not located in the town center, but is close to INSA, 30 min walking along the channel.

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	Early Bird Rates by October 31, 2006	Regular Rates after October 31, 2006
General	€ 440	€ 490
SHF members	€ 360	€ 400
Speakers	€ 220	€ 250
Reduced rates for students, retired (without CDROM)	€ 170	€ 185
Proceedings on CDROM	€ 40 + € 5 for postage