Lab on a Chip Blog

 
Dynamics of counterion-induced attraction between vimentin filaments followed in microfluidic drops 

 
 
   
Engineering interconnected 3D vascular networks in hydrogels using molded sodium alginate lattice as the sacrificial templates 

 
 
   
AC Electric Field Induced Dipole-Based On-Chip 3D Cell Rotation 

 
    
Testing Aß toxicity on primary CNS cultures using drug-screening microfluidic chips 

 
 
   
A smartphone-based chip-scale microscope using ambient illumination 

 
 
   
Biofunctionalized self-propelled micromotors as an alternative on-chip concentrating system 

 
   
Simultaneous thermal and optical imaging of two-phase flow in a micro-model 

 
   
A Label-Free Microfluidic Assay to quantitatively study antibiotic diffusion through lipid membranes 

 
 
  
Deformability-based microfluidic cell pairing and fusion  

 
 
  
Rapid, low-cost and instrument-free CD4+ cell counting for HIV diagnostics in resource-poor settings 

Imaging adherent cell in microfluidic channel hidden by flowing RBCs as occluding objects by holographic method 

 
 
  
Microdevice arrays of high aspect ratio Poly(DiMethylSiloxane) pillars for the investigation of multicellular tumour spheroid mechanical properties 

 
   
Event-Triggered Logical Flow Control for Comprehensive Process Integration of Multi-Step Assays on Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms 

 
 
  
Phaseguide assisted liquid lamination for magnetic particle-based assays 

 
   
Preparation of Monodisperse Microbubbles using an Integrated Embedded Capillary T-Junction with Electrohydrodynamic Focusing 

 
 
  
Hydrogel Bioprinted Microchannel Networks for Vascularization of Tissue Engineering Constructs 

 
 
   
A high-efficiency microfluidic device for size-selective trapping and sorting 

 
 
  
In-fiber integrated optofluidic device based on optical fiber with an inner core 

 
 
  
Automated single cell microbioreactor for monitoring intracellular dynamics and cell growth in free solution 

The Microfluidic Puzzle: Chip-oriented Rapid Prototyping 
 
  
 
Fluoropolymer surface coatings to control droplets in microfluidic devices 
 
 
  
Integrating microfluidic generation, handling and analysis of biomimetic giant unilamellar vesicles 
   

Caterpillar Locomotion–inspired Valveless Pneumatic Micropump using Single Teardrop-shaped Elastomeric Membrane 
 
   
  
In-fiber integrated optofluidic device based on optical fiber with an inner core 
 
 
  
Solvent Immersion Imprint Lithography 
 
 
    
Dielectrophoresis-based purification of antibiotic-treated bacterial subpopulations 
 
   
 
Shaken and Stirred: Oscillatory Segmented Flow for Controlled Size-Evolution of Colloidal Nanomaterials 
 
 
  
Particles Optical Trapping and Binding in Optofluidic Stable Fabry–Pérot Resonator with Single-Sided Injection 

A high-throughput device for size based separation of C. elegans developmental stages 

 
  
 Packaging Commercial CMOS Chips for Lab on a Chip Integration 

 
  
 
Microfluidic chip for plasma separation from undiluted human whole blood sample using low voltage contactless dielectrophoresis and capillary force 

 
   
 
Novel side electrode configuration integrated in fused silica microsystems for synchronous optical and electrical spectroscopy 

 
 
  
 Clog-free Cell Filtration Using Resettable Cell Traps 

 
 
  
 High-throughput rare cell separation from blood samples using steric hindrance and inertial microfluidics 

 
   
 Acoustic Actuated Fluorescence Activated Sorting of Microparticles 

 
   
 
Photo-thermal Effect for Localized Desorption of Primary Lymphocytes Arrayed on an Antibody/DNA-based Biochip 

 
 
  
 A biocompatible open-surface droplet manipulation platform for detection of multi-nucleotide polymorphism 

 
 
 Wettability patterning for high-rate, pumpless fluid transport on open, non-planar, microfluidic platforms 

Gas-liquid-liquid three-phase flow pattern and pressure drop in a microfluidic chip: similarities with gas-liquid/liquid-liquid flows 

 
 
Dual-mode hydrodynamic railing and arraying of microparticles for multi-stage signal detection in continuous flow biochemical microprocessors 

 
  
Extracellular-controlled Breast Cancer Cell Formation and Growth Using Non-UV Patterned Hydrogels via Optically-induced Electrokinetics 

 
 
A Microfluidic Tubing Method and Its Application to Controlled Synthesis of Polymeric Nanoparticles 

 
 
Defined topologically-complex protein matrices to manipulate cell shape via three-dimensional fiber-like patterns 

 
 
“Particle separation using virtual deterministic lateral displacement
(vDLD)” 

 
 
Microfluidic Bead-Based Diodes with Targeted Circular Microchannels for Low Reynolds Number Applications 

 
 
In vitro generation of colonic epithelium from primary cells guided by microstructures 

 
 
Magnetically Controllable 3D Microtissues based on Magnetic microcryogels 

 
 
A droplet-based pH regulator in microfluidics 

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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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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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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