Large-scale plasmonic microarrays, droplet speeds and droplet microfluidics in Raman and SERS on the cover of Issue 21

14 Oct 2011

On the front cover of Issue 21 Hatice Altug et al. demonstrate the first example of a large-scale plasmonic microarray with over one million sensors on single microscope slide.

Large-scale plasmonic microarrays for label-free high-throughput screening
Tsung-Yao Chang, Min Huang, Ahmet Ali Yanik, Hsin-Yu Tsai, Peng Shi, Serap Aksu, Mehmet Fatih Yanik and Hatice Altug
Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 3596-3602
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20475K

The inside front cover highlights the review from Jurgen Popp on droplet-based microfluidic systems in Raman and SERS.

Droplet formation via flow-through microdevices in Raman and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy—concepts and applications
Anne März, Thomas Henkel, Dana Cialla, Michael Schmitt and Jürgen Popp
Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 3584-3592
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20638A

And on the back cover is work from Piotr Garstecki et al. showing their results on the speed of individual droplets in microfluidic channels – revealing quite a complex landscape of functional dependencies.