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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed:

A paper and plastic device for performing recombinase polymerase amplification of HIV DNA
Brittany A. Rohrman and Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40423K

Commercialization of microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices
Curtis D. Chin, Vincent Linder and Samuel K. Sia
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 2118-2134
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21204H

Digital microfluidics: a versatile tool for applications in chemistry, biology and medicine
Mais J. Jebrail, Michael S. Bartsch and Kamlesh D. Patel
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2452-2463
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40318H

Microfluidic electronics
Shi Cheng and Zhigang Wu
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2782-2791
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21176A

Automated analysis of single stem cells in microfluidic traps
Stefan A. Kobel, Olivier Burri, Alexandra Griffa, Mukul Girotra, Arne Seitz and Matthias P. Lutolf
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2843-2849
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40317J

Microengineered physiological biomimicry: Organs-on-Chips
Dongeun Huh, Yu-suke Torisawa, Geraldine A. Hamilton, Hyun Jung Kim and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2156-2164
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40089H

High-yield cell ordering and deterministic cell-in-droplet encapsulation using Dean flow in a curved microchannel
Evelien W. M. Kemna, Rogier M. Schoeman, Floor Wolbers, Istvan Vermes, David A. Weitz and Albert van den Berg
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2881-2887
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC00013J

A fluidic diode, valves, and a sequential-loading circuit fabricated on layered paper
Hong Chen, Jeremy Cogswell, Constantine Anagnostopoulos and Mohammad Faghri
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2909-2913
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20970E

High throughput method for prototyping three-dimensional, paper-based microfluidic devices
Gregory G. Lewis, Matthew J. DiTucci, Matthew S. Baker and Scott T. Phillips
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2630-2633
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40331E

SSA-MOA: a novel CTC isolation platform using selective size amplification (SSA) and a multi-obstacle architecture (MOA) filter
Minseok S. Kim, Tae Seok Sim, Yeon Jeong Kim, Sun Soo Kim, Hyoyoung Jeong, Jong-Myeon Park, Hui-Sung Moon, Seung Il Kim, Ogan Gurel, Soo Suk Lee, Jeong-Gun Lee and Jae Chan Park
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2874-2880
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40065K

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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed:

Microengineered physiological biomimicry: Organs-on-Chips
Dongeun Huh, Yu-suke Torisawa, Geraldine A. Hamilton, Hyun Jung Kim and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2156-2164
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40089H

Lab on a Chip: United States of America
Donald E. Ingber and George M. Whitesides
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2089-2090
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC90052A

Integrated rapid-diagnostic-test reader platform on a cellphone
Onur Mudanyali, Stoyan Dimitrov, Uzair Sikora, Swati Padmanabhan, Isa Navruz and Aydogan Ozcan
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40235A

High-throughput immunoassay through in-channel microfluidic patterning
Chunhong Zheng, Jingwen Wang, Yuhong Pang, Jianbin Wang, Wenbin Li, Zigang Ge and Yanyi Huang
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2487-2490
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40145B

Microfluidic synthesis of multifunctional Janus particles for biomedical applications
Shikuan Yang, Feng Guo, Brian Kiraly, Xiaole Mao, Mengqian Lu, Kam W. Leong and Tony Jun Huang
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2097-2102
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC90046G

Commercialization of microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices
Curtis D. Chin, Vincent Linder and Samuel K. Sia
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21204H

Contributors to the USA issue
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2091-2093
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC90053J

Diagnostic microchip to assay 3D colony-growth potential of captured circulating tumor cells
Colette A. Bichsel, Samy Gobaa, Stefan Kobel, Chiara Secondini, George N. Thalmann, Marco G. Cecchini and Matthias P. Lutolf
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2313-2316
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40130D

Microfluidic approaches for cancer cell detection, characterization, and separation
Jian Chen, Jason Li and Yu Sun
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1753-1767
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21273K

Microfluidic Apps for off-the-shelf instruments
Daniel Mark, Felix von Stetten and Roland Zengerle
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2464-2468
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC00043A

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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed:

A combined micromagnetic-microfluidic device for rapid capture and culture of rare circulating tumor cells
Joo H. Kang, Silva Krause, Heather Tobin, Akiko Mammoto, Mathumai Kanapathipillai and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2175-2181
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40072C

Microfluidic approaches for cancer cell detection, characterization, and separation
Jian Chen, Jason Li and Yu Sun
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1753-1767
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21273K

Real time quantitative amplification detection on a microarray: towards high multiplex quantitative PCR
Anke Pierik, Marius Boamfa, Martijn van Zelst, Danielle Clout, Henk Stapert, Frits Dijksman, Dirk Broer and Reinhold Wimberger-Friedl
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1897-1902
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20740K

Fabrication of thermoplastics chips through lamination based techniques
Sandrine Miserere, Guillaume Mottet, Velan Taniga, Stephanie Descroix, Jean-Louis Viovy and Laurent Malaquin
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1849-1856
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21161K

Human gut-on-a-chip inhabited by microbial flora that experiences intestinal peristalsis-like motions and flow
Hyun Jung Kim, Dongeun Huh, Geraldine Hamilton and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2165-2174
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40074J

Nanomaterials and lab-on-a-chip technologies
Mariana Medina-Sánchez, Sandrine Miserere and Arben Merkoçi
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1932-1943
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40063D

Commercialization of microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices
Curtis D. Chin, Vincent Linder and Samuel K. Sia
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2118-2134
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21204H

The art in science of microTAS
Michael Gaitan and Harp Minhas
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1737-1738
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC90034C

Squeeze-chip: a finger-controlled microfluidic flow network device and its application to biochemical assays
Wentao Li, Tao Chen, Zitian Chen, Peng Fei, Zhilong Yu, Yuhong Pang and Yanyi Huang
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1587-1590
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40125H

“Fluidic batteries” as low-cost sources of power in paper-based microfluidic devices
Nicole K. Thom, Kimy Yeung, Marley B. Pillion and Scott T. Phillips
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1768-1770
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40126F

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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed:

Microfluidic diagnostics for the developing world
Xiaole Mao and Tony Jun Huang
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1412-1416
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC90022J

Human gut-on-a-chip inhabited by microbial flora that experiences intestinal peristalsis-like motions and flow
Hyun Jung Kim, Dongeun Huh, Geraldine Hamilton and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40074J

A combined micromagnetic-microfluidic device for rapid capture and culture of rare circulating tumor cells
Joo H. Kang, Silva Krause, Heather Tobin, Akiko Mammoto, Mathumai Kanapathipillai and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40072C

Commercialization of microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices
Curtis D. Chin, Vincent Linder and Samuel K. Sia
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21204H

Engineers are from PDMS-land, Biologists are from Polystyrenia
Erwin Berthier, Edmond W. K. Young and David Beebe
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1224-1237
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20982A

Lab-in-a-tube: ultracompact components for on-chip capture and detection of individual micro-/nanoorganisms
Elliot J. Smith, Wang Xi, Denys Makarov, Ingolf Mönch, Stefan Harazim, Vladimir A. Bolaños Quiñones, Christine K. Schmidt, Yongfeng Mei, Samuel Sanchez and Oliver G. Schmidt
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21175K

Microfluidic approaches for cancer cell detection, characterization, and separation
Jian Chen, Jason Li and Yu Sun
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1753-1767
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21273K

Gene-Z: a device for point of care genetic testing using a smartphone
Robert D. Stedtfeld, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Gregoire Seyrig, Tiffany M. Stedtfeld, Maggie Kronlein, Scott Price, Farhan Ahmad, Erdogan Gulari, James M. Tiedje and Syed A. Hashsham
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1454-1462
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21226A

“Fluidic batteries” as low-cost sources of power in paper-based microfluidic devices
Nicole K. Thom, Kimy Yeung, Marley B. Pillion and Scott T. Phillips
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1768-1770
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40126F

Squeeze-chip: a finger-controlled microfluidic flow network device and its application to biochemical assays
Wentao Li, Tao Chen, Zitian Chen, Peng Fei, Zhilong Yu, Yuhong Pang and Yanyi Huang
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1587-1590
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40125H

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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed:

Commercialization of microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices
Curtis D. Chin, Vincent Linder and Samuel K. Sia
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21204H

Engineers are from PDMS-land, Biologists are from Polystyrenia
Erwin Berthier, Edmond W. K. Young and David Beebe
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1224-1237
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20982A

Droplet microfluidics for high-throughput biological assays
Mira T. Guo, Assaf Rotem, John A. Heyman and David A. Weitz
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21147E

Standards for connecting microfluidic devices?
Henne van Heeren
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1022-1025
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20937C

Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability
Jason P. Beech, Stefan H. Holm, Karl Adolfsson and Jonas O. Tegenfeldt
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1048-1051
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21083E

Miniaturised technologies for the development of artificial lipid bilayer systems
Michele Zagnoni
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1026-1039
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20991H

Cell sorting by deterministic cell rolling
Sungyoung Choi, Jeffrey M. Karp and Rohit Karnik
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1427-1430
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21225K

A microfluidic device for high throughput bacterial biofilm studies
Jeongyun Kim, Manjunath Hegde, Sun Ho Kim, Thomas K. Wood and Arul Jayaraman
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1157-1163
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20800H

Gene-Z: a device for point of care genetic testing using a smartphone
Robert D. Stedtfeld, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Gregoire Seyrig, Tiffany M. Stedtfeld, Maggie Kronlein, Scott Price, Farhan Ahmad, Erdogan Gulari, James M. Tiedje and Syed A. Hashsham
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1454-1462
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21226A

A completely in vitro ultrahigh-throughput droplet-based microfluidic screening system for protein engineering and directed evolution
Ali Fallah-Araghi, Jean-Christophe Baret, Michael Ryckelynck and Andrew D. Griffiths
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 882-891
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21035E

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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed:

Antigen-responsive, microfluidic valves for single use diagnostics
Brad J. Berron, Allison M. May, Zheng Zheng, Vivek Balasubramaniam and Christopher N. Bowman
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 708-710
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21101G

High throughput production of single core double emulsions in a parallelized microfluidic device
Mark B. Romanowsky, Adam R. Abate, Assaf Rotem, Christian Holtze and David A. Weitz
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 802-807
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21033A

Young researchers to tackle future Grand Challenges
Anna Sjöström Douagi and Helene Andersson Svahn
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 680-683
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC90138A

Education: a microfluidic platform for university-level analytical chemistry laboratories
Jesse Greener, Ethan Tumarkin, Michael Debono, Andrew P. Dicks and Eugenia Kumacheva
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 696-701
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20951A

Rapid prototyping of three-dimensional microfluidic mixers in glass by femtosecond laser direct writing
Yang Liao, Jiangxin Song, En Li, Yong Luo , Yinglong Shen, Danping Chen, Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, Koji Sugioka and Katsumi Midorikawa
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 746-749
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21015K

Continuous separation of microparticles in a microfluidic channel via the elasto-inertial effect of non-Newtonian fluid
Jeonghun Nam, Hyunjung Lim, Dookon Kim, Hyunwook Jung and Sehyun Shin
Lab Chip, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21304D

Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability
Jason P. Beech, Stefan H. Holm, Karl Adolfsson and Jonas O. Tegenfeldt
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1048-1051
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21083E

Polyurethane-based microfluidic devices for blood contacting applications
Wen-I Wu, Kyla N. Sask, John L. Brash and P. Ravi Selvaganapathy
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 960-970
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21075D

Design of pressure-driven microfluidic networks using electric circuit analogy
Kwang W. Oh, Kangsun Lee, Byungwook Ahn and Edward P. Furlani
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 515-545
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20799K

Surfactants in droplet-based microfluidics
Jean-Christophe Baret
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 422-433
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20582J

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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed:

Bubbles no more: in-plane trapping and removal of bubbles in microfluidic devices
Conrad Lochovsky, Sanjesh Yasotharan and Axel Günther
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 595-601
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20817A

Rapid, multiplexed microfluidic phage display
Kellye Cung, Russell L. Slater, Yue Cui, Sharon E. Jones, Habib Ahmad, Rajesh R. Naik and Michael C. McAlpine
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 562-565
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21129G

Design of pressure-driven microfluidic networks using electric circuit analogy
Kwang W. Oh, Kangsun Lee, Byungwook Ahn and Edward P. Furlani
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 515-545
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20799K

Microfluidic capture and release of bacteria in a conical nanopore array
Peng Guo, Eric W. Hall, Romana Schirhagl, Hitomi Mukaibo, Charles R. Martin and Richard N. Zare
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 558-561
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21092D

Droplet-based microfluidic device for multiple-droplet clustering
Jing Xu, Byungwook Ahn, Hun Lee, Linfeng Xu, Kangsun Lee, Rajagopal Panchapakesan and Kwang W. Oh
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 725-730
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20883K

A digital microfluidic method for multiplexed cell-based apoptosis assays
Dario Bogojevic, M. Dean Chamberlain, Irena Barbulovic-Nad and Aaron R. Wheeler
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 627-634
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20893H

Fish and Chips: a microfluidic perfusion platform for monitoring zebrafish development
Deepak Choudhury, Danny van Noort, Ciprian Iliescu, Baixue Zheng, Kar-Lai Poon, Svetlana Korzh, Vladimir Korzh and Hanry Yu
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 892-900
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20351G

A microchamber array for single cell isolation and analysis of intracellular biomolecules
Klaus Eyer, Phillip Kuhn, Conni Hanke and Petra S. Dittrich
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 765-772
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20876H

Photolithographic surface micromachining of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
Weiqiang Chen, Raymond H. W. Lam and Jianping Fu
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 391-395
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20721K

Microfluidic approach for highly efficient synthesis of heparin-based bioconjugates for drug delivery
Thanh Huyen Tran, Chi Thanh Nguyen, Dong-Pyo Kim, Yong-kyu Lee and Kang Moo Huh
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 589-594
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20769E

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