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Microfluidic technology

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Microfluidics are minaturized devices that enable the precise control and manipulation of small fluid volumes, on the scale of micro to picoliters, through flow or by confinement to engineered channels.

There is an increasing range of applications for these devices, including in lab or organ on a chip platforms, for synthesis of nanoparticles, and in high-throughput chemical analyses. New applications for microfluidics have been made possible by advances in materials science, allowing for an expanded range of mediums for their manufacture, from traditional silicon and glass to hydrogels, paper, and polymers. Improvements in precision technologies for moulding or patterning the fluid tunnels and chambers have also led to greater possibilities for channel surface customisation to meet the requirements of cell culture, and the growing need for automation and real-time monitoring has resulted in the integration of sensors and other functional components. Innovation across numerous scientific, medical and industrial fields is likely to be possible through expansion of the potential of microfluidic devices.

This Collection brings together primary research articles presenting advances in the manufacture or utilisation of microfluidics and supporting technologies.

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Organ on chip OOC and lab on chip LOC - microfluidic device chip that simulates biological organs and laboratory device . Prototype of design lab-on-a-chip LOC in microfluidic laboratory

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Keerthi Nawarathna is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). His current research develops and utilizes the concepts in electromagnetics, biomanufacturing, and microfluidics for developing novel capabilities in medicine and biology. Dr Nawarathna has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.

 

 

Shiv Govind Singh is Professor and Head in Department of Electrical Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad,India. His multidisciplinary research group focused on nanotechnology: MEMS, 3D-IC, lab on a chip & Nano-Bio/Gas sensor. The crowning jewel of his research is the development of an electronics device for RNA detection of COVID-19. Dr. Singh has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2018.

 

 

Shue Wang is an Assistant Professor at University of New Haven. Her research focuses on biosensing, stem cell engineering, single-cell analysis, mechanobiology, lab-on-a-chip, synthetic biology, and applying micro-engineered tools to understand the complex biological systems at both the molecular and cellular levels. Dr.Wang has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.