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A. Guenther

axelguenther 

Associate Professor

  • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Contact Information

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
5 King's College Road
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8

Phone: 416-978-1282
Fax: 416-978-7753
email: axel.guenther@utoronto.ca 
http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/staff/profiles/guenther
http://mfl.mie.utoronto.ca/


Research Interests

The "lab-on-a-chip" concept of miniaturizing and integrating different laboratory processes takes advantage of controlled fluid flow behavior on small scales, allows reduced reagent consumption and automation. The Guenther Research Group at the University of Toronto draws from the areas of fluid mechanics, colloidal material synthesis, as well as micro/nanofabrication. We investigate fundamentals of transport processes associated with micro/nanoscale flows and aim at translating these fundamentals into powerful technical solutions.

We are particularly interested in realizing dynamically changing microenvironments for applications in materials science and biomedicine. Current applications include (1) the controlled preparation of organized colloidal and bulk materials, (2) high-throughput platforms for microvascular research and biopharmaceutical drug discovery, and (3) microfluidic strategies for probing complex cellular decision processes.

Recent Publications

Guenther, A; Yasotharan, S; Vagaon, A, et al. "A microfluidic platform for probing small artery structure and function" Lab Chip. 10(18), 2341-2349, 2010. Highlight article and related YouTube Video

Park, I., Saffari, A. Kumar, S. et al. "Microfluidic synthesis of polymer and inorganic particulate materials" Ann. Rev. Mat. Sci. 40(40), 415-443, 2010.

de Mas, N., Guenther, A., Schmidt, M.A., Jensen, K.F. "Increasing productivity of microreactors for fast gas-liquid reactions: the case of direct fluorination of toluene" Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 48(3), 1428-1434, 2009.

Kreutzer, M.T., Guenther, A., Jensen, K.F. "Sample dispersion for segmented flow in microchannels with rectangular cross section" Anal. Chem. 80 (5), 1558-1567, 2008.


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