PDE Modeling of a Microfluidic Thermal Process for Genetic Analysis Application

Figure 7

Steady-state temperature distribution calculated by the PDE model. The geometry of the model is a small portion of the geometry of real system and the FEM model. The area shown corresponds to the upper left part of the graph in Figure 6. The PDE model represents the system with a single material. The dashed lines indicate the location of the chamber and PDMS layer but do not define domains of different materials.