Inspired by shape‐morphing organisms in nature, researchers have developed various
hydrogels with stimuli‐responsive swelling, shrinking, bending, folding, origami, rolling …

The rapid diagnosis of pathogens is crucial in the early stages of treatment of diseases
where the choice of the correct drug can be critical. Although conventional cell culture-based …

The rapid development of microtechnology in recent times has increased the necessity for
the development of devices, which are able to perform mechanical work on the micro-and …

Wearable biosensing technologies can provide real-time monitoring of health and disease
at the point of care. By integrating flexible microfluidics with wearable biosensors, body …

Lab-on-a-chip devices leverage microfluidic technologies to enable chemical and biological
processes at small scales. However, existing microfluidic channel networks are typically …

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

Active motion is intrinsic to all kinds of living organisms from unicellular ones to humans and
inspires development of synthetic actively moving materials. Hydrogels, which are three …

▪ 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 …

Biomimetic research indicates that many phenomena regarding wettability in nature, such as
the self-cleaning effect on a lotus leaf and cicada wing, the anisotropic dewetting behavior …

Microfluidic systems have shown unequivocal performance improvements over conventional
bench-top assays across a range of performance metrics. For example, specific advances …