The emergence of soft robots has presented new challenges associated with controlling the
underlying fluidics of such systems. Here, we introduce a strategy for additively …

Microfluidic systems have been investigated as practical tools in the fields of biomedical
engineering, analytical chemistry, materials science, and biological research. Yet the …

Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) hold the potential to substantially improve
noninvasive early diagnosis of cancer. However, analysis of nanosized EVs in blood …

Microfluidic single‐cell cultivation (MSCC) is an emerging field within fundamental as well
as applied biology. During the last years, most MSCCs were performed at constant …

Over the past two decades, researchers have advanced and employed integrated
microfluidic circuitry to enable a wide range of chemical and biological'lab-on-a …

To improve the versatility and robustness of microfluidic analytical devices for space
exploration, a programmable microfluidic array (PMA) has been implemented to support a …

Controlling the chemical concentration in droplets is an essential function in numerous
applications of biology, chemistry, and engineering. However, it is difficult to perform an …

The softness and flexibility of soft robots would be greatly enhanced with more soft parts in
their makeup. This paper presents an entirely soft valve that leverages the snap-through …

A fundamental challenge of pneumatically powered soft robotic devices is the scalability of
fluidic control systems to address each actuated degree of freedom, as the required …

Miniaturization of health care, biomedical, and chemical systems is highly desirable for
developing point-of-care testing (POCT) technologies. In system miniaturization …