Miniaturization has been the driving force of scientific and technological advances over
recent decades. Recently, flexibility has gained significant interest, particularly in …

In recent years, ever-increasing scientific knowledge and modern high-tech advancements
in micro-and nano-scales fabrication technologies have impacted significantly on various …

The goal of this numerical simulation is to visualize the electroosmotic flow of immiscible
fluids through a porous medium in vertical annular microtubes. The inner region (Region I) is …

Cilial pumping is a powerful strategy used by biological organisms to control and manipulate
fluids at the microscale. However, despite numerous recent advances in optically …

Abstract Machines made of soft materials bridge life sciences and engineering. Advances in
soft materials have led to skin-like sensors and muscle-like actuators for soft robots and …

In recent years micropump technology has gained considerable importance and has
become the highlighted area of research particularly for microfluidic applications. The …

Gas bubbles are almost a routine occurrence encountered by researchers working in the
field of microfluidics. The spontaneous and unexpected nature of gas bubbles represents a …

Most cell biology experiments are performed in bulk cell suspensions where cell secretions
become diluted and mixed in a contiguous sample. Confinement of single cells to small …

Electroosmotic pumping is receiving increasing attention in recent years owing to the rapid
development in micro total analytical systems. Compared with other micropumps …

We present a programmable acoustofluidic pump that utilizes the acoustic streaming effects
generated by the oscillation of tilted sharp-edge structures. This sharp-edge-based …