Department Chemical Engineering
Principal investigator Bijoy Bera
E-mail address b.bera-1@tudelft.nl
Biomimetic Glue
Supervisor: Bijoy Bera, b.bera-1@tudelft.nl
In this experimental/numerical project, we investigate the flow properties of polyelectrolyte complexes which have shown to be ideal candidates to replace ineffective, non-ionic glues currently used in the hospitals. The rheological properties of such polyelectrolytes remain unknown and without knowing them, we cannot give them the form of industrially manufacturable/practically usable medical glues. This project investigates the micro-rheological properties of such polymer complexes.
Techniques
- Microfluidic experiments (or the simulation thereof) consisting of parallel flow formation in a microchannel.
- Numerical technique consists of Lattice Boltzmann simulation of the interface formed between the polymer complex and an aqueous phase.
Further reading
Numerical Investigation of Liposome Nanoparticle formation using microfluidics
Supervisor: Bijoy Bera, b.bera-1@tudelft.nl
Many vaccines or medical drugs require Liposome nanoparticles (NP), but the production of such nanoparticles is not a highly optimized process. Microfluidics can produce uniformly sized NPs, however, the paramaters required for optimum production is not well-understood. In this project, we numerically investigate the underlying physical mechanisms of NP formation.
Techniques
- (Lattice Boltzmann) simulation