Abstract: The present invention is a flexible hybrid biofuel cell power strip for use in low power applications (less than one Watt) such as trickle charging to extend the charge of conventional batteries or to power devices such as microsensors, micropumps and miniaturized medial devices. The power strip anode comprises carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that transfer electrons directly from the active center of an oxidation-reduction (redox) enzyme to a flexible, conductive anode substrate. This allows the building of surface architectures with pore structures customized for specific applications and enzyme substrate-containing media. The cathode comprises a catalytic layer of transition metal nanoparticle catalyst in contact with air or other source of oxygen. The flexibility of the power strip allows it to be shaped into a wide variety of conformations and applications, including attachment to or implantation within living organisms.

Abstract: The present invention is a simulation-based method for rapidly designing, evaluating, and/or optimizing a microfluidic system or biochip. The method provides an environment for schematic generation, system layout, problem setup, simulation, and post-processing. The method comprises a system solver used to simulate microfluidic processes such as pressure driven and electroosmotic flows, analytes dispersion, separation, and mixing, and biochemical reactions. The system solver uses a mixed methodology approach that enables the operation of complete, complex microfluidic systems to be simulated rapidly and iteratively.