Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines

Q Wang, J Zhang, J Yu, J Lang, Z Lyu, Y Chen… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …

Unconventional acoustic approaches for localized and designed micromanipulation

K Kolesnik, M Xu, PVS Lee, V Rajagopal, DJ Collins - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustic fields are ideal for micromanipulation, being biocompatible and with force gradients
approaching the scale of single cells. They have accordingly found use in a variety of …

Exploiting machine learning for bestowing intelligence to microfluidics

J Zheng, T Cole, Y Zhang, J Kim, SY Tang - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Intelligent microfluidics is an emerging cross-discipline research area formed by combining
microfluidics with machine learning. It uses the advantages of microfluidics, such as high …

A review on recent advances of AI-integrated microfluidics for analytical and bioanalytical applications

E Asadian, F Bahramian, S Siavashy… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In today's biomedical research, the pursuit of diagnostic tools boasting maximum precision
and accuracy while minimizing sample volume and pre-treatment requirements, has …

Data‐driven intelligent manipulation of particles in microfluidics

WZ Fang, T Xiong, OS Pak, L Zhu - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Automated manipulation of small particles using external (eg, magnetic, electric and
acoustic) fields has been an emerging technique widely used in different areas. The …

Integrated ratiometric fluorescence probe-based acoustofluidic platform for visual detection of anthrax biomarker

J Wu, P Chen, J Chen, X Ye, S Cao, C Sun, Y Jin… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The sensitive detection of dipicolinic acid (DPA) as an excellent biomarker of Bacillus
anthracis, especially through visual point-of-care testing, is significant for accurate and rapid …

From conventional to microfluidic: progress in extracellular vesicle separation and individual characterization

M Chen, S Lin, C Zhou, D Cui, H Haick… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoscale membrane vesicles, which contain a wide variety
of cargo such as proteins, miRNAs, and lipids. A growing body of evidence suggests that …

Microsystem advances through integration with artificial intelligence

HF Tsai, S Podder, PY Chen - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics is a rapidly growing discipline that involves studying and manipulating fluids at
reduced length scale and volume, typically on the scale of micro-or nanoliters. Under the …

Application of microfluidics in detection of circulating tumor cells

C Li, W He, N Wang, Z Xi, R Deng, X Liu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tumor metastasis is one of the main causes of cancer incidence and death worldwide. In the
process of tumor metastasis, the isolation and analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) …

Programmable droplet microfluidics based on machine learning and acoustic manipulation

K Yiannacou, V Sharma, V Sariola - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Typical microfluidic devices are application-specific and have to be carefully designed to
implement the necessary functionalities for the targeted application. Programmable …