The
centrifugal mico-fluidic biochip or
centrifugal micro-fluidic biodisk is a type of
lab-on-a-chip technology that can be used to integrate processes such as separating, mixing, reaction and detecting molecules of nano-size in a single piece of platform, including a
compact disk or
DVD. This type of micro-fluidic biochip is based upon the principle of
microfluidics; to take advantage of noninertial pumping for
lab-on-a-chip devices using noninertial valves and switches under
centrifugal force and
Coriolis effect to distribute fluids about the disks.