This feature article provides a comprehensive overview on the development of polymeric
membranes having advanced or novel functions in the various membrane separation …

This review describes the design and fabrication of microfluidic systems in poly
(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS). PDMS is a soft polymer with attractive physical and chemical …

The integration of mass transport control by means of membrane functionality into
microfluidic devices has shown substantial growth over the last 10 years. Many different …

Evaporation, pervaporation, and forward osmosis are processes leading to a mass transfer
of solvent across an interface: gas/liquid for evaporation and solid/liquid (membrane) for …

This review gives an overview of developments in the field of microchip analysis for clinical
diagnostic and forensic applications. The approach chosen to review the literature is …

The recent developments in combining photo-irradiation-based and membrane
technologies are analyzed in this review. It is emphasized that the effects of photo-initiated …

This review presents an overview on the promising field of molecularly imprinted
membranes (MIM). The focus is onto the separation of molecules in liquid mixtures via …

Polymeric hydrogels are a most interesting class of “soft matter” with several established and
many more possible applications as functional materials. In this review we will focus on the …

We present the state‐of‐the‐art in miniaturized sample preparation, immunoassays, one‐
dimensional and multidimensional analyte separations, and coupling of microdevices with …

Molecular diagnostics that involve nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are crucial for
prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. In this study, we developed a simple …