Droplet-based microfluidic systems generate, manipulate and control sub-microlitre droplets
enclosed within an immiscible carrier fluid. Owing to a number of remarkable features, such …

Laser has been demonstrated to be a mature and versatile tool that presents great flexibility
and applicability for the precision engineering of a wide range of materials over other …

Microfluidic devices currently play an important role in many biological, chemical, and
engineering applications, and there are many ways to fabricate the necessary channel and …

The attention in lab-on-a-chip devices with their potent application in medical engineering
has prolonged swiftly over the last ten years. Travelling through the technology …

Recent years have seen major advances in the developments of both additive
manufacturing concepts and responsive materials. When combined as 4D printing, the …

Microfluidics offer economy of reagents, rapid liquid delivery, and potential for automation of
many reactions, but often require peripheral equipment for flow control. Capillary …

We present an overview of the different processes that can result from focusing an ultrafast
laser light in the femtosecond–nanosecond time regime on a host of materials, eg, metals …

3D printing has the potential to significantly change the field of microfluidics. The ability to
fabricate a complete microfluidic device in a single step from a computer model has obvious …

Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) printing, also called additive manufacturing (AM) or rapid
prototyping (RP), is a layer by layer manufacturing method and now has been widely used in …

An easy and cheap fabrication method for intricate polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic devices
is presented. The acrylonitrile butadiene styrene scaffold‐removal method uses cheap, off …