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 …

There is a recognized and growing need for rapid and efficient cell assays, where the size of
microfluidic devices lend themselves to the manipulation of cellular populations down to the …

The recent introduction of surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology onto lab-on-a-chip
platforms has opened a new frontier in microfluidics. The advantages provided by such SAW …

Droplet-based microfluidics enables assays to be carried out at very high throughput (up to
thousands of samples per second) and enables researchers to work with very limited …

As the integration of microfluidics into cell biology research proceeds at an ever-increasing
pace, a critical question for those working at the interface of both disciplines is which device …

Soft lithography is an alternative to silicon-based micromachining that uses replica molding
of nontraditional elastomeric materials to fabricate stamps and microfluidic channels. We …

Viable tumour-derived epithelial cells (circulating tumour cells or CTCs) have been identified
in peripheral blood from cancer patients and are probably the origin of intractable metastatic …

Separation of micro-and nano-sized bioparticles is essential for efficient diagnostics,
chemical and biological analyses, drug development, food and chemical processing, and …

This Account summarizes techniques for fabrication and applications in biomedicine of
microfluidic devices fabricated in poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS). The methods and …

▪ Abstract Fluid flow at the microscale exhibits unique phenomena that can be leveraged to
fabricate devices and components capable of performing functions useful for biological …