Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications

J Rufo, F Cai, J Friend, M Wiklund… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2022 - nature.com
Acoustofluidic technologies utilize acoustic waves to manipulate fluids and particles within
fluids, all in a contact-free and biocompatible manner. Over the past decade, acoustofluidic …

Microfluidic cell sorting: a review of the advances in the separation of cells from debulking to rare cell isolation

CW Shields Iv, CD Reyes, GP López - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Accurate and high throughput cell sorting is a critical enabling technology in molecular and
cellular biology, biotechnology, and medicine. While conventional methods can provide high …

Advances in microfluidic materials, functions, integration, and applications

PN Nge, CI Rogers, AT Woolley - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics consist of microfabricated structures for liquid handling, with cross sections in
the 1–500 μm range and small volume capacity (femtoliter to nanoliter). Capillary tubes …

Ghost cytometry

S Ota, R Horisaki, Y Kawamura, M Ugawa, I Sato… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Ghost imaging is a technique used to produce an object's image without using a spatially
resolving detector. Here we develop a technique we term “ghost cytometry,” an image-free …

Reconfigurable microfluidics

F Paratore, V Bacheva, M Bercovici… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Lab-on-a-chip devices leverage microfluidic technologies to enable chemical and biological
processes at small scales. However, existing microfluidic channel networks are typically …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging technologies for flow cytometry

Y Han, Y Gu, AC Zhang, YH Lo - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
High-throughput single cell imaging is a critical enabling and driving technology in
molecular and cellular biology, biotechnology, medicine and related areas. Imaging flow …

Suspension arrays based on nanoparticle-encoded microspheres for high-throughput multiplexed detection

Y Leng, K Sun, X Chen, W Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Spectrometrically or optically encoded microsphere based suspension array technology
(SAT) is applicable to the high-throughput, simultaneous detection of multiple analytes …

Microfluidic technologies for circulating tumor cell isolation

H Cho, J Kim, H Song, KY Sohn, MH Jeon, KH Han - Analyst, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Metastasis is the main cause of tumor-related death, and the dispersal of tumor cells through
the circulatory system is a critical step in the metastatic process. Early detection and analysis …

Micro total analysis systems for cell biology and biochemical assays

ML Kovarik, PC Gach, DM Ornoff, Y Wang… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Novel applications of micro total analysis systems (μTAS) are addressing fundamental
biological questions, creating new biomedical reagents, and developing innovative cell and …

Micro-optics for microfluidic analytical applications

H Yang, MAM Gijs - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review summarizes the developments in the integration of micro-optical
elements with microfluidic platforms for facilitating detection and automation of bio-analytical …