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Antimicrobial susceptibility assays in paper-based portable culture devices
Frédérique Deiss, Maribel E. Funes-Huacca, Jasmin Bal, Katrina F. Tjhung and Ratmir Derda  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 167-171
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50887K, Communication

Cell force measurements in 3D microfabricated environments based on compliant cantilevers
Mattia Marelli, Neha Gadhari, Giovanni Boero, Matthias Chiquet and Jürgen Brugger  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 286-293
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51021B, Paper

A differential dielectric affinity glucose sensor
Xian Huang, Charles Leduc, Yann Ravussin, Siqi Li, Erin Davis, Bing Song, Dachao Li, Kexin Xu, Domenico Accili, Qian Wang, Rudolph Leibel and Qiao Lin  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 294-301
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51026C, Paper

Microfluidic transwell inserts for generation of tissue culture-friendly gradients in well plates
Christopher G. Sip, Nirveek Bhattacharjee and Albert Folch  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 302-314
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51052B, Paper
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Gradient static-strain stimulation in a microfluidic chip for 3D cellular alignment
Hsin-Yi Hsieh, Gulden Camci-Unal, Tsu-Wei Huang, Ronglih Liao, Tsung-Ju Chen, Arghya Paul, Fan-Gang Tseng and Ali Khademhosseini  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 482-493
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50884F, Paper

Biosensor design based on Marangoni flow in an evaporating drop
Joshua R. Trantum, Mark L. Baglia, Zachary E. Eagleton, Raymond L. Mernaugh and Frederick R. Haselton  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 315-324
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50991E, Paper
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Flow of suspensions of carbon nanotubes carrying phase change materials through microchannels and heat transfer enhancement
Sumit Sinha-Ray, Suman Sinha-Ray, Hari Sriram and Alexander L. Yarin  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 494-508
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50949D, Paper

Micro-scaffold array chip for upgrading cell-based high-throughput drug testing to 3D using benchtop equipment
Xiaokang Li, Xinyong Zhang, Shan Zhao, Jingyu Wang, Gang Liu and Yanan Du  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 471-481
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51103K, Paper

Synchronized reinjection and coalescence of droplets in microfluidics
Manhee Lee, Jesse W. Collins, Donald M. Aubrecht, Ralph A. Sperling, Laura Solomon, Jong-Wook Ha, Gi-Ra Yi, David A. Weitz and Vinothan N. Manoharan  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 509-513
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51214B, Paper

A microfluidic reciprocating intracochlear drug delivery system with reservoir and active dose control
Ernest S. Kim, Erich Gustenhoven, Mark J. Mescher, Erin E. Leary Pararas, Kim A. Smith, Abigail J. Spencer, Vishal Tandon, Jeffrey T. Borenstein and Jason Fiering  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51105G, Paper
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Impedance matched channel walls in acoustofluidic systems
Ivo Leibacher, Sebastian Schatzer and Jürg Dual  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 463-470
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51109J, Paper

Magnetoactive sponges for dynamic control of microfluidic flow patterns in microphysiological systems
Sungmin Hong, Youngmee Jung, Ringo Yen, Hon Fai Chan, Kam W. Leong, George A. Truskey and Xuanhe Zhao  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 514-521
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51076J, Paper
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The microfluidic post-array device: high throughput production of single emulsion drops
E. Amstad, S. S. Datta and D. A. Weitz  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51213D, Paper
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Interdroplet bilayer arrays in millifluidic droplet traps from 3D-printed moulds
Philip H. King, Gareth Jones, Hywel Morgan, Maurits R. R. de Planque and Klaus-Peter Zauner  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51072G, Paper

A 1024-sample serum analyzer chip for cancer diagnostics
Jose L. Garcia-Cordero and Sebastian J. Maerkl  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51153G, Paper
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Utilization and control of bioactuators across multiple length scales
Vincent Chan, H. Harry Asada and Rashid Bashir  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50989C, Critical Review

Microfabricated perfusable cardiac biowire: a platform that mimics native cardiac bundle
Yun Xiao, Boyang Zhang, Haijiao Liu, Jason W. Miklas, Mark Gagliardi, Aric Pahnke, Nimalan Thavandiran, Yu Sun, Craig Simmons, Gordon Keller and Milica Radisic  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51123E, Paper
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Radiolabelling diverse positron emission tomography (PET) tracers using a single digital microfluidic reactor chip
Supin Chen, Muhammad Rashed Javed, Hee-Kwon Kim, Jack Lei, Mark Lazari, Gaurav J. Shah, R. Michael van Dam, Pei-Yuin Keng and Chang-Jin “CJ” Kim  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51195B, Paper

Non-destructive handling of individual chromatin fibers isolated from single cells in a microfluidic device utilizing an optically driven microtool
Hidehiro Oana, Kaori Nishikawa, Hirotada Matsuhara, Ayumu Yamamoto, Takaharu G. Yamamoto, Tokuko Haraguchi, Yasushi Hiraoka and Masao Washizu  
Lab Chip, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51111A, Paper

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

One-step microfluidic generation of pre-hatching embryo-like core–shell microcapsules for miniaturized 3D culture of pluripotent stem cells
Pranay Agarwal, Shuting Zhao, Peter Bielecki, Wei Rao, Jung Kyu Choi, Yi Zhao, Jianhua Yu, Wujie Zhang and Xiaoming He  
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4525-4533
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50678A

A microfluidic approach to synthesizing high-performance microfibers with tunable anhydrous proton conductivity
Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi, Jules J. VanDersarl, Erfan Dashtimoghadam, Ghasem Bahlakeh, Fatemeh Sadat Majedi, Nassir Mokarram, Arnaud Bertsch, Karl I. Jacob and Philippe Renaud  
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4549-4553
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50862E

The microfluidic Kelvin water dropper
Álvaro G. Marín, Wim van Hoeve, Pablo García-Sánchez, Lingling Shui, Yanbo Xie, Marco A. Fontelos,  Jan C. T. Eijkel, Albert van den Berg and Detlef Lohs  
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4503-4506
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50832C

A cell rolling cytometer reveals the correlation between mesenchymal stem cell dynamic adhesion and differentiation state
Sungyoung Choi, Oren Levy, Mónica B. Coelho, Joaquim M. S. Cabral, Jeffrey M. Karp and Rohit Karnik  
Lab Chip, 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50923K

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

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

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

A portable explosive detector based on fluorescence quenching of pyrene deposited on coloured wax-printed μPADs
Regina Verena Taudte, Alison Beavis, Linzi Wilson-Wilde, Claude Roux, Philip Doble and Lucas Blanes  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50609F

Capillarics: pre-programmed, self-powered microfluidic circuits built from capillary elements
Roozbeh Safavieha and David Juncker  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50691F

Detection of real-time dynamics of drug–target interactions by ultralong nanowalls
Andreas Menzel, Raphael J. Gübeli, Firat Güder, Wilfried Weber and Margit Zachariasa  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50694K

Ultrasensitive microfluidic solid-phase ELISA using an actuatable microwell-patterned PDMS chip
Tanyu Wang, Mohan Zhang, Dakota D. Dreher and Yong Zeng  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50783A

Protein–DNA force assay in a microfluidic format
Marcus Otten, Philip Wolf  and Hermann E. Gaub  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50830G

A microfluidic device for dry sample preservation in remote settings
Stefano Begolo, Feng Shen and Rustem F. Ismagilov  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50747E

Application of [18F]FDG in radiolabeling reactions using microfluidic technology
Vincent R. Bouveta and Frank Wuest  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50797A

Size-selective collection of circulating tumor cells using Vortex technology
Elodie Sollier, Derek E. Go, James Che, Daniel R. Gossett, Sean O’Byrne, Westbrook M. Weaver, Nicolas Kummer,Matthew Rettig, Jonathan Goldman, Nicholas Nickols, Susan McCloskey, Rajan P. Kulkarni and Dino Di Carlo 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50689D

Ratcheted electrophoresis for rapid particle transport
Aaron M. Drews, Hee-Young Lee and Kyle J. M. Bishop  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50849H

Parallel measurements of reaction kinetics using ultralow-volumes
Etienne Fradet, Paul Abbyad, Marten H. Vos and Charles N. Baroud  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50768H

Controlling thread formation during tipstreaming through an active feedback control loop
Todd M. Moyle, Lynn M. Walker and Shelley L. Anna  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50946J

Micro magnetofluidics: droplet manipulation of double emulsions based on paramagnetic ionic liquids
Viktor Misuk, Andreas Mai, Konstantinos Giannopoulos, Falah Alobaid, Bernd Epple and Holger Loewe  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50897H

A microfluidic approach to synthesizing high-performance microfibers with tunable anhydrous proton conductivity Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi,  Jules J. VanDersarl, Erfan Dashtimoghadam, Ghasem Bahlakeh, Fatemeh Sadat Majedi, Nassir Mokarram, Arnaud Bertsch, Karl I. Jacob and Philippe Renaud  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50862E

One-step microfluidic generation of pre-hatching embryo-like core–shell microcapsules for miniaturized 3D culture of pluripotent stem cells
Pranay Agarwal, Shuting Zhao, Peter Bielecki, Wei Rao, Jung Kyu Choi, Yi Zhao, Jianhua Yu, Wujie Zhang and Xiaoming He  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50678A

High-throughput metabolic genotoxicity screening with a fluidic microwell chip and electrochemiluminescence
Dhanuka P. Wasalathanthri, Spundana Malla, Itti Bist, Chi K. Tang, Ronaldo C. Fariaa and James F. Rusling  
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50698C

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