Archive for October, 2010

Top ten most accessed articles in September

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

Cell lysis and DNA extraction of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria from  whole blood in a disposable microfluidic chip   
Madhumita Mahalanabis, Hussam Al-Muayad, M. Dominika Kulinski, Dave Altman and Catherine M. Klapperich 
Lab Chip, 2009, 9, 2811-2817, DOI: 10.1039/B905065P , Paper 

Programmable diagnostic devices made from paper and tape 
Andres W. Martinez, Scott T. Phillips, Zhihong Nie, Chao-Min Cheng, Emanuel Carrilho, Benjamin J. Wiley and George M. Whitesides 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2499-2504, DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00021C , Paper 

Sickling of red blood cells through rapid oxygen exchange in microfluidic drops 
Paul Abbyad, Pierre-Louis Tharaux, Jean-Louis Martin, Charles N. Baroud and Antigoni Alexandrou 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2505-2512, DOI: 10.1039/C004390G , Paper 

Microstructuring of polymer films for sensitive genotyping by real-time PCR on a centrifugal microfluidic platform 
Maximilian Focke, Fabian Stumpf, Bernd Faltin, Patrick Reith, Dylan Bamarni, Simon Wadle, Claas Müller, Holger Reinecke, Jacques Schrenzel, Patrice Francois, Daniel Mark, Günter Roth, Roland Zengerle and Felix von Stetten 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2519-2526, DOI: 10.1039/C004954A , Paper 

Precompetitive preclinical ADME/Tox data: set it free on the web to facilitate computational model building and assist drug development 
Sean Ekins and Antony J. Williams 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 13-22, DOI: 10.1039/B917760B , Perspective 

A microfluidic platform for probing small artery structure and function 
Axel Günther, Sanjesh Yasotharan, Andrei Vagaon, Conrad Lochovsky, Sascha Pinto, Jingli Yang, Calvin Lau, Julia Voigtlaender-Bolz and Steffen-Sebastian Bolz 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2341-2349, DOI: 10.1039/C004675B , Paper 

Predictive model for the size of bubbles and droplets created in microfluidic T-junctions 
Volkert van Steijn, Chris R. Kleijn and Michiel T. Kreutzer 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2513-2518, DOI: 10.1039/C002625E , Paper 

Agarose droplet microfluidics for highly parallel and efficient single molecule emulsion PCR 
Xuefei Leng, Wenhua Zhang, Chunming Wang, Liang Cui and Chaoyong James Yang 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2841-2843, DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00145G , Communication 

Research Highlights 
Petra S. Dittrich 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2495-2496, DOI: 10.1039/C0LC90045A , Highlight 

Electrochemical sensing in paper-based microfluidic devices 
Zhihong Nie, Christian A. Nijhuis, Jinlong Gong, Xin Chen, Alexander Kumachev, Andres W. Martinez, Max Narovlyansky and George M. Whitesides 
Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 477-483, DOI: 10.1039/B917150A , Paper 

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

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Generation of core-shell microcapsules with three-dimensional focusing device for efficient formation of cell spheroid

Enhancement by optical force of separation in pinched flow fractionation

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New Innovator Awardees

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2010 NIH New Innovator Award. Particularly heartening for the Lab on a Chip community is that over 10% of the 50 awardees are working in the nano- and microfluidics arena.

The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award aims to stimulate ‘highly innovative research’ and also provides valuable support to upcoming new investigators. This year’s awardees include: Dino Di Carlo, Amy Elizabeth Herr, Tony Jun Huang, Michelle Khine, Pak Kin Wong, Changhuei Yang to name just a few.

 A full list of all this year’s recipients can be viewed on the NIH website and while on the subject why not take a second look at the Lab on a Chip Emerging Investigator issue (Issue 18, 2010).

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Sub-pixel resolving optofluidic microscope for on-chip cell imaging

A microdroplet-based shift register

 

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Hybrid electronics get twisted

A stretchable radio frequency (RF) radiation sensor that combines a microfluidic antenna and rigid electronic circuits has been developed by scientists in Sweden. This could open the way to reliable and durable second skin sensors for monitoring health.

Flexible electronics are used in applications such as cameras, computer keyboards and photovoltaic cells. Some success has been found with stretchable antennas but the connection between the stretchable material and the rigid circuits still results in strain and loss of device sensitivity. To make wearable devices, electronics not only need to be flexible but they also need to be stretchable to truly conform to skin. Unfortunately, development from a flexible to a stretchable device has remained an elusive goal.

Now, Shi Cheng and Zhigang Wu from Uppsala University have developed a hybrid technology that combines conventional rigid circuitry with a substrate making a device that can bend, twist and stretch

IMAGE: Flexible microfluidic sensor responds to radio frequency signals

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Link to journal article
Microfluidic stretchable RF electronics
Shi Cheng and Zhigang Wu, Lab Chip, 2010
DOI: 10.1039/c005159d

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