Fig. 1: Microfluidic device for sorting and trapping worm embryos. | Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Fig. 1: Microfluidic device for sorting and trapping worm embryos.

From: A spiral microfluidic device for rapid sorting, trapping, and long-term live imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Fig. 1: Microfluidic device for sorting and trapping worm embryos.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Schematic layout of the microfluidic device. b Photograph of the microfluidic device. c Schematic of inertial focusing of adult worms and embryos. d Schematic of trapping of focused embryos. Qs represents volume flow rate along the side cavity, and Qm represents volume flow rate along spiral channel. e Numerical analysis showing the generation of Dean vortices in a cross-section of the spiral channel

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