The transition from micro well plate and robotics based high throughput screening (HTS) to
chip based screening has already started. This transition promises reduced droplet volumes …

In recent years, the rapid development of microfluidic technology has caused a revolutionary
impact in the fields of chemistry, medicine, and life sciences. Also, droplet control is one of …

The use of ultrasonic fields to manipulate particles, cells and droplets has become
widespread in lab on a chip (LOC) systems. There are two dominant actuation methods, the …

Sperm rheotaxis, the phenomenon where sperm cells swim against the direction of fluid
flow, is one of the major guiding mechanisms for long-distance sperm migration within the …

Simple and low-cost solutions are becoming extremely important for the evolving necessities
of biomedical applications. Even though, on-chip sample processing and analysis has been …

There has been consistent drive towards research and innovation in oil production
technologies in order to achieve improved effectiveness and efficiency in their operation …

Microcentrifugation constitutes an important part of the microfluidic toolkit in a similar way
that centrifugation is crucial to many macroscopic procedures, given that micromixing …

Often inspired by nature, techniques for precise droplet manipulation have found
applications in microfluidics, microreactors, and water harvesting. However, a widely …

Manipulation of discrete droplets is a paramount procedure in a broad spectrum of
disciplines from digital microfluidics to energy and water systems. In these applications …

We report an easily-established capillary-based open microfluidic device (COMD) as a
simple and robust method for size on-demand generation of monodisperse droplets of …