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

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 …

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 …

This chapter provides a brief overview of three actuation mechanisms that are relevant for
biomedical applications of microfluidics. Actuation mechanisms are employed in the field of …

Analysis of the profiles and dynamics of molecular components and sub-cellular structures
in living cells using microfluidic devices has become a major branch of bioanalytical …

Efficient platforms for cell isolation and analysis play an important role in applied and
fundamental biomedical studies. As cells commonly have a size of around 10 microns …

Microscale surgery on single cells and small organisms has enabled major advances in
fundamental biology and in engineering biological systems. Examples of applications range …

Cells are extremely complex and dynamic biochemical entities. Significant biochemical
heterogeneity can exist among cells of the same type. This heterogeneity may arise via …

This paper examined the feasibility of a microfluidics chip for cell capturing and pairing with
a high efficiency. The chip was fabricated by the polydimethylsiloxane-based soft …

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