Doctoral Thesis Project
Droplet-based Microfluidics


Doctoral Thesis Committee

• Baret, Jean-Christophe, PhD - Droplets, Membranes & Interfaces (MPI-ds)


• Enderlein, Jörg Prof. Dr. - Biophysics / Complex Systems (Uni-Phy)


• Herminghaus, Stephan, Prof. Dr. - Dynamics of Complex Fluids (MPI-ds)

Homepage Department / Research Group

http://dmi.ds.mpg.de/



University Education

• 01/2011-present Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization / University of Göttingen / GGNB program Physics of Biological and Complex Systems


• 08/2008-08/2010 Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, Master, Mechanical Engineering, thesis: "Droplet Microfluidics"


• 08/2004-06/2008 Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, thesis: "Droplet Microfluidics"

Publications

• Tan S.H, Murshed S.M.S, Nguyen N.T, Wong T.N and Yobas L, Thermally Controlled Droplet Formation in Flow Focusing Geometry—Formation Regimes and Effects of and Nanoparticle Suspension. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2008, Vol. 41, No. 16, pp. 165501.


• Tan S.H, Nguyen N.T, Yobas L and Kang T.G, Formation and Manipulation of Ferrofluid Droplets at a Microfluidic T-Junction. J. Micromech. Microeng, 2010, Vol. 20, Issue 4, Article number 045004.


• Tan S.H, Nguyen N.T, Chua Y.C and Kang T.G, Oxygen plasma treatment for reducing hydrophobicity of a sealed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microchannel. Biomicrofluidics, 2010, Vol. 4, Issue 3, Article number 032204.


• Tan S.H and Nguyen N.T, Generation and manipulation of monodispersed ferrofluid emulsions: The effect of a uniform magnetic field in flow-focusing and T-junction configurations. Phys. Rev. E, 2011, Vol. 84, Issue 3, Article number 036317.