Sheathless Size-based Acoustic Particle SeparationThe separation of particles or cells is critical for many biological and biomedical applications, including cell biology, diagnostics and therapeutics. This paper presents a novel sheathless SSAW based particle separation technique in a microfluidic channel.
Fluorescence Detection Methods for Microfluidic Droplet PlatformsThis article reports the entire experimental process for detection of single cells and the mapping of mixing processes inside picoliter-volume droplets, including microfluidic chip fabrication, the optical setup and the process of droplet generation and detection.
Lipid-based Passivation in NanofluidicsThis study demonstrates the use of lipid bilayers as a passivation layer in nanofluidic networks, consisting of nanochannels and nanoslits, fabricated in fused silica.
Finnish Researchers Discover Genes Inhibiting the Spread of Prostate CancerResearchers utilize the cell spot micro array technology to study the impacts of all genes in an entire genome in a single experiment.
A Nano Approach for ELA 2012Nano and microfluidics one of eight available conference streams.
Microfluidic Chip for Molecular Amplification of Influenza A RNA in Human Respiratory SpecimensThis paper demonstrates a proof-of-concept microfluidic chip using clinical specimens collected over a two-year period from patients with suspected influenza.
Moving Microfluidics from the Lab Bench to the Factory FloorMIT reports how their Center for Polymer Microfabrication has designed manufacturing processes for a new generation of diagnostic tools.
Single-Cell Chemical Lysis on Microfluidic Chips with Arrays of MicrowellsThis study looks at the looks at a way of accurately analysing individual cells in order to investigate cellular content.
MIT Researchers Develop a New Approach to Producing 3D MicrochipsMicroelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are small devices with huge potential. Typically made of components less than 100 microns in size they have been used as tiny biological sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes and actuators.
Recent Advances in Microfluidic Technologies for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologysA range of basic biochemical and molecular biological operations have been transferred to chip-based microfluidic formats over the last decade.
