Contemporary biomedical research requires development of novel techniques for sorting
and manipulation of cells within the framework of a microfluidic chip. The desired functions …

This chapter discusses issues relating to the processing of biological cells in microfluidic
channels and the different techniques available to manipulate cells in microfluidic systems …

Recent advances in the lab-on-a-chip field in association with nano/microfluidics have been
made for new applications and functionalities to the fields of molecular biology, genetic …

Optical manipulation techniques provide a powerful and versatile platform to manipulate
cells into arbitrary configurations with microscale precision. This chapter summarizes the …

Innovation in the biomedical field is often seen as a critical driver of scientific progress, and a
cornerstone of developing modern technology. This has been reflected in the early twenty …

The separation or sorting of cellular and colloidal particles is currently a central topics of
research. In this chapter, we give an overview of the range of optical methods for cell sorting …

In this paper, we review optical techniques used for micro-manipulation of small particles
and cells in microfluidic devices. These techniques are based on the object's interaction with …

The vast majority of researches in cell biology, biomedicine, biotechnology, and chemistry
require cell/particle separation from a pool of samples for disease diagnostics and clinical …

Featured Application Microfluidic manipulation techniques not only improve the efficiency
and reliability of biological/clinical analysis, but also further enable the development of a …

Manipulating the physical location of cells is useful both to organize cells in vitro and to
separate cells during screening. The quest to manipulate cells on length scales …