How the World Flows

Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is "Microfluidics"? Part I A World of Droplets 1: The Liquid Pearls of Mother Nature: The Microfluidics of Rainbows, Clouds, and Other Aerosol Phenomena-and How Droplets Are Affected by Humidity, Surfaces, and Diffusion 2: The Drops of Life: The Role of Surface Tension in Everyday Life-and Biotechnology 3: Healing Mists: The Breakup of Jets into Sprays and Their Use in the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Asthma 4: Mercedes' Droplets: How Sprays Revolutionized Combustion Engines, from Carburetors to Fuel Injectors 5: This Olive Is Not an Olive: Similarities in the Use of Droplets in Gastronomy and Genomics 6: Industrious Droplets for an Industrial Era: The Airbrush Paint Device, the Inkjet Printer, and Their Cousin the 3D Printer Part II Wick It Up 7: The Plants of Progress: Capillary Action in Plants, the Drop-by-Drop Extraction of Useful Juices from Certain Trees, and Autonomous Capillary Microfluidic Devices 8: Trickling Sand: The Microfluidics of Acequias, Aquifers, and Paleolithic Caves, Next to Microfluidic Models of Sand for Worms 9: Nadal's Sweat: The Microfluidics of Sweat-Based Cooling, Our Various Glands, and Wearable Sweat Sensors 10: The Flame of Microfluidics: The Capillary Action That Powers the Candle Wick and the Impact of Candles and Oil Lamps 11: The Magic of Paper: The Capillary Action That Draws Ink out of Various Writing Devices into Paper 12: The Man Who Wore a Sanitary Pad: The Revolution in Women's Health Care Brought About by Inexpensive Pads and Home Pregnancy Tests, Both Powered by Microfluidics Part III Going with the Flow 13: Dirty Blood: The Amazing Microfluidics of the Kidney, Kidney Dialysis, Hypodermic Needles, and Mosquitos 14: The Sensor That Saved Jeff's Feet: Microfluidic Glucose Sensors for Diabetics and Point-of-Care Blood Analyzers 15: Every Breath We Take: The Microfluidic Organs That Breathe for Us and the First Lung-on-a-Chip 16: The Sounds of Microfluidics: From the Tiny, Fluid-Filled Ancient Circuits of Our Hearing and Balance to the Simplicity of Ultrasound-Powered Chips 17: The Microfluidic Race against Cancer: Circulating Tumor Cells, the Microfluidic Circuits of the Lymphatic System, and the Circulating Tumor Cell Chip 18: The Innocence of DNA: The Microfluidic DNA Sequencing Chips and Their Impact on Society Glossary