Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplifies specific fragment of DNA molecules and has
been extensively applied in fields of pathogens and gene mutation detection, food safety …

The invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has caused a revolution in molecular
biology, giving access to a method of amplifying deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules …

Many new techniques and materials have been applied to microfluidic systems in the past
decade, and integrated microfluidic chips have become powerful platforms for realizing …

Heating plays a vital role in science, engineering, mining, and space, where heating can be
achieved via electrical, induction, infrared, or microwave radiation. For fast switching and …

Heater plates or sheets that are visibly transparent have many interesting applications in
optoelectronic devices such as displays, as well as in defrosting, defogging, gas sensing …

Advent and fast spread of pandemic diseases draw worldwide attention to rapid, prompt,
and accurate molecular diagnostics with technical development of ultrafast polymerase …

Infectious diseases, such as the most recent case of coronavirus disease 2019, have
brought the prospect of point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests into the spotlight. A rapid …

Microfluidic devices may offer various advantages for forensic DNA analysis, such as
reduced risk of contamination, shorter analysis time and direct application at the crime …

Commercialization of lab-on-a-chip devices is currently the “holy grail” within the μTAS
research community. While a wide variety of highly sophisticated chips which could …

Nucleic acid detection has been one of the most valued tools in point-of-care diagnostics
from life science, agriculture, food safety and environmental surveillance, because of its high …