{"id":158,"date":"2019-04-10T13:44:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:06:26","slug":"facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rheological, biorheological characterization<\/strong><\/p>\n

Viscosity measurements: single point, shear-rate sweep. Viscometers:
\n\u2022 Anton Paar MCR 702e full range rheometer
\n\u2022 Brookfield DV II LV viscometer
\n\u2022 Brookfield DV II viscometer
\n\u2022 Pulsatile fluidic system (ELVEFLOW MOP-Fluidics),
\n\u2022 ROTEM-Delta viscoelastic-based thromboelastography system.<\/p>\n

Biofluid structural \/ mechanical \/ rheological properties<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Cell Aggregometer: Rheoscan A200.
\n\u2022 Cell deformability measurement system: Rheoscan D300.
\n\u2022 Surface tensiometer: Kibron \u2013 Finland.
\n\u2022 Optical Rheology \/ Biorheology LINKAM CSS450<\/p>\n

Structural and microstructural visualization\/characterizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Anton Paar MCR702e \u2013 Stagnation Plate System
\n\u2022 CSS450 LINKAM Optical shearing system for controlled shear flow.
\n\u2022 Microscopy: Olympus BX51 microscope (10, 20, 50, 100X objectives) with dark field.
\n\u2022 Imaging\/image processing dedicated hardware and software. Cameras: JVC color and IDT CMOS IDT X-STREAM VISION XS-3 fast camera.<\/p>\n

Biorheology \/ hemorheology<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Biosafety cabinet Class II (Thermo Fisher Scientific MSC 0.9)
\n\u2022 Blood collection facilities and permissions<\/p>\n

Fluidics \/ microfluidics \/ biomicrofluidics<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Complete ELVESYS\/BLACK HOLE LAB Dry-Film lithography fabrication station. Plasma chamber, furnace, film roller, UV chamber, heat plates, fume hood, desiccators.
\n\u2022 Conventional cutting, laminate manufacturing methods, adhesive transfer taping, polymer layering, glass slides.
\n\u2022 Molding methods: PDMS casting, glass\/polymer bonding.
\n\u2022 Precision Laser Cutter (Full spectrum – Muse)
\nComplete microfluidic set-ups \u2022 ELVEFLOW MOP-Microfluidic Organ-on-chip System, 0.01 \u00b5L\/min to 5000 \u00b5L\/min with flow and pressure sensors (0-2 bar) and programmable control, working pressure range from -900 mbar to 1000 mbar. 10 port distributor \u2013 software controlled.
\n\u2022 Syringe pumps: KDS 200 (5.746 \u03bcl\/hr – 147.07 ml\/min) and NE-500 Programmable OEM pumps (0.73 \u00b5L\/hr (1 mL syringe) to 2100 mL\/hr (60 mL syringe)).
\n\u2022 Peristaltic pumps.<\/p>\n

Flow visualization\/velocimetry,\u00a0 imaging\/image processing dedicated hardware and software<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 IDT CMOS IDT X-STREAM VISION XS-3 fast camera,
\n\u2022 JVC colour camera,
\n\u2022\u00a0 Velocimetry Micro-Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) set-up:
\n\u2022 Classic (fast camera-microscopy-laser-fluorescence)
\n\u2022 \u03bcPIV-based (for dense suspensions).
\n\u2022 Specialised software.<\/p>\n

Other<\/strong>
\nWet Lab Facilities<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fume hoods (chemistry), vacuum, DI water, compressed air, Cold storage: 4 \u00b0C fridges, \u221220 \u00b0C freezers, optional \u221280 \u00b0C, Autoclave\/sterilization equipment, waste streams: chemical, sharps, biohazard, solvent, glass, other.
\nBiosafety<\/p>\n

\u2022 Containment Level II facility
\n\u2022 Class II Biosafety Cabinet<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rheological, biorheological characterization Viscosity measurements: single point, shear-rate sweep. Viscometers: \u2022 Anton Paar MCR 702e full range rheometer \u2022 Brookfield DV II LV viscometer \u2022 Brookfield DV II viscometer \u2022 Pulsatile fluidic system (ELVEFLOW MOP-Fluidics), \u2022 ROTEM-Delta viscoelastic-based thromboelastography system. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/web.cut.ac.cy\/biorheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}