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Inkjet patterned superhydrophobic paper for open-air surface microfluidic devices 


 
 
 The LabTube – A novel microfluidic platform for assay automation in laboratory centrifuges 


 
   
 Make it Spin: Individual Trapping of Sperm for Analysis and Recovery Using Micro-Contact Printing 


 
   
 One-step surface modification for irreversible bonding of various plastics with poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer at room temperature

 
 
   
 Controlling uniformity of photopolymerized microscopic hydrogels

 
 
 
 Plant-Chip for High-Throughput Phenotyping of Arabidopsis 


 
 
 Trapping Self-Propelled Micromotors with Microfabricated Chevron and Heart-Shaped Chips 


 
   
Large scale arrays of tunable microlenses 


 
  
Dynamic Trapping and Two-Dimensional Transport of Swimming Microorganisms Using a Rotating Magnetic Micro-Robot 


 
 
Functional microengineered model of the human splenon-on-a-chip

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These HOT articles were recommended by our referees and are free to access for 4 weeks*

Electrostatic potential wells for on-demand drop manipulation in microchannels
Riëlle de Ruiter, Arjen M. Pit, Vitor Martins de Oliveira, Michèl H. G. Duits, Dirk van den Ende and Frieder Mugele  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 883-891
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51121A, Paper

Paper-based microfluidics with high resolution, cut on a glass fiber membrane for bioassays
Xueen Fang, Shasha Wei and Jilie Kong  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 911-915
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51246K, Paper

The regulation of mobile medical applications
Ali Kemal Yetisen, J. L. Martinez-Hurtado, Fernando da Cruz Vasconcellos, M. C. Emre Simsekler, Muhammad Safwan Akram and Christopher R. Lowe  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 833-840
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51235E, Focus 

An automated integrated platform for rapid and sensitive multiplexed protein profiling using human saliva samples
Shuai Nie, W. Hampton Henley, Scott E. Miller, Huaibin Zhang, Kathryn M. Mayer, Patty J. Dennis, Emily A. Oblath, Jean Pierre Alarie, Yue Wu, Frank G. Oppenheim, Frédéric F. Little, Ahmet Z. Uluer, Peidong Wang, J. Michael Ramsey and David R. Walt  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51303C, Paper

A lab-on-chip cell-based biosensor for label-free sensing of water toxicants
F. Liu, A. N. Nordin, F. Li and I. Voiculescu  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51085A, Paper

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Rapid Selection of Sperm with High DNA Integrity 
 


 

Standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW)-based microfluidic cytometer 


 
 

Mechanical Decision Trees for Investigating and Modulating Single-Cell Cancer Invasion Dynamics 


 
 
On-demand, Competing Gradient Arrays for Neutrophil Chemotaxis


 
 
Cooperative roles of biological flow and surface topography in guiding sperm migration revealed by a microfluidic model 


 
 
Dynamically reconfigurable Fibre Optical Spanner 


 
 
Direct measurement of the differential pressure during drop formation in a co-flow microfluidic device 


 
 
A microfluidic photobioreactor array demonstrating high-throughput screening for microalgal oil production


 
 
Particle tracking by full-field complex wavefront subtraction in digital holography microscopy 


 
 
Iontronic Microdroplet Array for Flexible Ultrasensitive Tactile Sensing

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A Novel Surgery-like Strategy for Droplet Coalescence in Microchannels 


 
 

Real-time image processing for label-free enrichment of <i>Actinobacteria</i> cultivated in picolitre droplets 


 
 
Inkjet patterned superhydrophobic paper for open-air surface microfluidic devices 


 
 
Plant-Chip for High-Throughput Phenotyping of Arabidopsis 


 
 
Single Cell Swimming Dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes Using a Nanoporous Microfluidic Platform 


 
 
Continuous flow micro-bioreactors for the production of biopharmaceuticals: effect of geometry, surface texture, and flow rate 


 
 
Ultra small droplet generation via volatile component evaporation 


 
 
USB-Driven Microfluidic Chips on Printed Circuit Board 


 
 
Paper-based microfluidics with high resolution  cutted on a glass fiber membrane for bioassays 


 
 
Microfluidic acoustophoretic force based low-concentration oil separation and detection from environment

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Top ten most accessed LOC articles in Q4 2013

During the months October – December, the following articles are in the Top Ten most accessed:-

Paper-based microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices 
Ali Kemal Yetisen, Muhammad Safwan Akram and Christopher R. Lowe    
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 2210-2251 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50169H    

Ultrahigh-throughput sorting of microfluidic drops with flow cytometry 
Shaun W. Lim and Adam R. Abate    
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4563-4572 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50736J     

Droplet microfluidics 
Shia-Yen Teh, Robert Lin, Lung-Hsin Hung and Abraham P. Lee    
Lab Chip, 2008,8, 198-220 
DOI: 10.1039/B715524G     

Technologies for detection of circulating tumor cells: facts and vision 
Catherine Alix-Panabières and Klaus Pantel    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 57-62 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50644D     

PDMS lab-on-a-chip fabrication using 3D printed templates 
Wenming Liu, Li Li, Jian-chun Wang, Qin Tu, Li Ren, Yaolei Wang and Jinyi Wang    
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 1702-1709 
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC00034B     

Capture, release and culture of circulating tumor cells from pancreatic cancer patients using an enhanced mixing chip
Weian Sheng, Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi, Tao Chen, Jinling Zhang, Thomas J. George, Chen Liu and Z. Hugh Fan  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 89-98
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51017D, Paper 
 
A programmable and reconfigurable microfluidic chip 
Raphael Renaudot, Vincent Agache, Yves Fouillet, Guillaume Laffite, Emilie Bisceglia, Laurent Jalabert, Momoko Kumemura, Dominique Collard and Hiroyuki Fujita    
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4517-4524 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50850A     

Smartphone quantifies Salmonella from paper microfluidics 
Tu San Park, Wenyue Li, Katherine E. McCracken and Jeong-Yeol Yoon    
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4832-4840 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50976A     

Ultrasensitive protein detection: a case for microfluidic magnetic bead-based assays 
H. Cumhur Tekin and Martin A. M. Gijs    
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4711-4739 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50477H     

Static microdroplet arrays: a microfluidic device for droplet trapping, incubation and release for enzymatic and cell-based assays 
Ansgar Huebner, Dan Bratton, Graeme Whyte, Min Yang, Andrew J. deMello, Chris Abell and Florian Hollfelder    
Lab Chip, 2009,9, 692-698 
DOI: 10.1039/B813709A     

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A microbead incorporated centrifugal sample pretreatment microdevice 

 

Microfluidic devices with permeable polymer barriers for capture and transport of biomolecules and cells 

 

Size-Selective Collection of Circulating Tumor Cells using Vortex Technology 

 

Custom tailoring multiple droplets one-by-one 

 

Parallel measurements of reaction kinetics using ultralow-volumes 

Hybrid soft-lithography / laser machined microchips for the parallel generation of droplets 

Automated analysis of dynamic behavior of single cells in picoliter droplets 

Microfluidic platform for chemoresistive testing of multicellular pleural cancer spheroids 

A microbead incorporated centrifugal sample pretreatment microdevice 

Microfluidic devices with permeable polymer barriers for capture and transport of biomolecules and cells

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Vapour processed self-rolled poly(dimethyl siloxane) microcapillaries form microfluidic devices with engineered inner surface 

 

Cell patterning via diffraction-induced optoelectronic dielectrophoresis force on an organic photoconductive chip 

 

Gas/liquid sensing via chemotaxis of Euglena cells confined in an isolated micro-aquarium 

 

Wetting-Induced Formation of Controllable Monodisperse Multiple Emulsions in Microfluidics 

 

Slanted spiral microfluidics for the ultra-fast, label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells 

Isolation and mutational analysis of circulating tumor cells from lung cancer patients with magnetic sifters and biochips 

Microfluidic traps for hard-wired operations on droplets 

Hybrid optofluidic integration 

Capillarics: Pre-Programmed, Self-Powered Microfluidic Circuits Built From Capillary Elements 

Probing cell traction forces in confined microenvironments

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Impedance matched channel walls in acoustofluidic systems 

 

Out-of-plane ion concentration polarization for scalable water desalination 

 

Durable spatiotemporal surveillance of Caenorhabditis elegans response to environmental cues 

 

Interdroplet bilayer arrays in millifluidic droplet traps from 3D-printed moulds 

 

Microfabricated perfusable cardiac biowire: a platform that mimics native cardiac bundle 

Live Human Nasal Epithelial Cells (hNECs) On Chip for In Vitro Testing of Gaseous Formaldehyde Toxicity via Airway Delivery 

Non-destructive handling of individual chromatin fibers isolated from single cells in a microfluidic device utilizing an optically driven microtool 

Pinched-flow hydrodynamic stretching of single-cells 

An acoustofluidic micromixer based on oscillating sidewall sharp-edges 

Thermal Migration of Molecular Lipid Films as Contactless Fabrication Strategy for Lipid Nanotube Networks

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Continuous-flow cytomorphological staining and analysis 

 

Microfluidic transwell inserts for generation of tissue culture-friendly gradients in well plates 

 

Scaled-up production of plasmonic nanoparticles using microfluidics: from metal precursors to functionalized and sterilized nanoparticles 

 

Biosensor design based on Marangoni flow in an evaporating drop 

 

Numerical simulation of 3D boundary-driven acoustic streaming in microfluidic devices 

Micro-scaffold Array Chip for upgrading cell-based High-throughput drug testing to 3D using benchtop equipment 

Sub-micrometer-precision, three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic focusing via “microfluidic drifting” 

On-Chip Regeneration of Aptasensors for Monitoring Cell Secretion 

Synchronized Reinjection and Coalescence of Droplets in Microfluidics 

Characterization of Red Blood Cell Deformability Change during Blood Storage

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Combinatorial generation of droplets by controlled assembly and coalescence 

 

The microfluidic Kelvin water dropper 

 

Ultrahigh-throughput sorting of microfluidic drops with flow cytometry 
 

 
In-chip fabrication of free-form 3D constructs for directed cell migration analysis 

PDMS Based Coplanar Microfluidic Channels for the Surface Reduction of oxidized Galinstan 

Bioengineered bioluminescent magnetotactic bacteria as powerful tool for chip-based whole-cell biosensors 

Antimicrobial susceptibility assays in paper-based portable culture devices 
 

Control of Soft Machines using Actuators Operated by a Braille Display 

SU-8 bonding protocol for the fabrication of microfluidic devices dedicated to FTIR microspectroscopy of live cells 
 
 
Nanoslit Membrane Integrated Chip for Protein Detection Based on Size-Dependent Particle Trapping

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