Digital microfluidics (DMF) is an emerging liquid-handling technology based on arrays of
microelectrodes for the precise manipulation of discrete droplets. DMF offers the benefits of …

Electrical stimulation of gametes and embryos and on-chip manipulation of microdroplets of
culture medium serve as promising tools for assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) …

Rolling is a ubiquitous transport mode utilized by living organisms and engineered systems.
However, rolling at the microscale has been constrained by the requirement of a physical …

As an emerging field of robotics, magnetic-field-controlled soft microrobot has broad
application prospects for its flexibility, locomotion diversity, and remote controllability …

Magnetic field-induced synthesis and biocatalysis of magnetic materials have inspired great
interest due to the flexible controllability of morphologies and unique magnetoelectrical …

We report a novel approach for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection in
digital microfluidics (DMF). This is made possible by a microspray hole (μSH) that uses an …

Bacteria are widely studied in various research areas, including synthetic biology,
sequencing and diagnostic testing. Protocols involving bacteria are often multistep …

The rapid quantification of nitrate nitrogen concentration plays a pivotal role in monitoring
soil nutrient content. Nevertheless, the low detection efficiency limits the application of …

Objective: Recent advancements demonstrate the significant role of digital microfluidics in
automating laboratory work with DNA and on-site viral testing. However, since commercially …

Cell-free synthetic biology has gained increasing popularity owing to its ability to elucidate
biological functions in isolation from intricate cellular environments and the capacity to build …