Channel innovations for inertial microfluidics

W Tang, S Zhu, D Jiang, L Zhu, J Yang, N Xiang - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Inertial microfluidics has gained significant attention since first being proposed in 2007
owing to the advantages of simplicity, high throughput, precise manipulation, and freedom …

Flexible microfluidics: Fundamentals, recent developments, and applications

H Fallahi, J Zhang, HP Phan, NT Nguyen - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Miniaturization has been the driving force of scientific and technological advances over
recent decades. Recently, flexibility has gained significant interest, particularly in …

Direct isolation of small extracellular vesicles from human blood using viscoelastic microfluidics

Y Meng, Y Zhang, M Bühler, S Wang, M Asghari… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs;< 200 nm) that contain lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins
are considered promising biomarkers for a wide variety of diseases. Conventional methods …

Geometric structure design of passive label-free microfluidic systems for biological micro-object separation

H Tang, J Niu, H Jin, S Lin, D Cui - Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2022 - nature.com
Passive and label-free microfluidic devices have no complex external accessories or
detection-interfering label particles. These devices are now widely used in medical and …

Mixing enhancement in a straight microchannel with ultrasonically activated attached bubbles

T Peng, X Lin, S Yuan, M Zhou, B Jiang, Y Jia - International Journal of Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
Liquids and reagents mixing at the microscales are of great significance to various lab-on-
chip applications such as drug delivery and microreactor. This work demonstrated mixing …

Oscillatory viscoelastic microfluidics for efficient focusing and separation of nanoscale species

M Asghari, X Cao, B Mateescu, D van Leeuwen… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The ability to precisely control particle migration within microfluidic systems is essential for
focusing, separating, counting, and detecting a wide range of biological species. To date …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of obstacles on inertial focusing and separation in sinusoidal channels: An experimental and numerical study

H Cha, HA Amiri, S Moshafi, A Karimi, A Nikkhah… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inertial microfluidics manipulates and separates microparticles based on the finite inertia of
the fluid at high flow speed. In inertial microfluidics, modifying the geometry by embedding …

[HTML][HTML] A review on inertial microfluidic fabrication methods

Z Akbari, MA Raoufi, S Mirjalali, B Aghajanloo - Biomicrofluidics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In recent decades, there has been significant interest in inertial microfluidics due to its high
throughput, ease of fabrication, and no need for external forces. The focusing efficiency of …

A simple solvent-assisted method for thermal bonding of large-surface, multilayer PMMA microfluidic devices

M Madadi, A Madadi, R Zareifar, A Nikfarjam - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The attractive properties of the synthetic polymer of methylmethacrylate (PMMA) have led to
the development of new methods for fabricating microfluidic chips based on this polymer in …

A review on the role of microflow parameter measurements for microfluidics applications

S Lingadahalli Kotreshappa, CG Nayak… - Systems, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics has risen to a new zone of exploration because of its application in numerous
fields. The integration of microfluidics and sensor technology bridges gaps in heat transfer …