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

Deformability-based cell classification and enrichment using inertial microfluidics 
Soojung Claire Hur, Nicole K. Henderson-MacLennan, Edward R. B. McCabe and Dino Di Carlo 
Lab Chip, 2011,11, 912-920 
DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00595A 

Microfluidic approaches for cancer cell detection, characterization, and separation 
Jian Chen, Jason Li and Yu Sun    
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 1753-1767 
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21273K 
 
Recent advances in microfluidic techniques for single-cell biophysical characterization 
Yi Zheng, John Nguyen, Yuan Wei and Yu Sun    
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 2464-2483 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50355K 
 
Cell patterning with a heptagon acoustic tweezer – application in neurite guidance 
F. Gesellchen, A. L. Bernassau, T. Déjardin, D. R. S. Cumming and M. O. Riehle    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 2266-2275 
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00436A 
 
Simple modular systems for generation of droplets on demand 
Krzysztof Churski, Michal Nowacki, Piotr M. Korczyk and Piotr Garstecki    
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 3689-3697 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50340B 

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 

Hydrogel bioprinted microchannel networks for vascularization of tissue engineering constructs 
Luiz E. Bertassoni, Martina Cecconi, Vijayan Manoharan, Mehdi Nikkhah, Jesper Hjortnaes, Ana Luiza Cristino, Giada Barabaschi, Danilo Demarchi, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Yunzhi Yang and Ali Khademhosseini   
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 2202-2211 
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00030G 

A robust diffusion-based gradient generator for dynamic cell assays 
Javier Atencia, Gregory A. Cooksey and Laurie E. Locascio   
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 309-316 
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20829B 
 
Pneumatic valves in folded 2D and 3D fluidic devices made from plastic films and tapes 
Gregory A. Cooksey and Javier Atencia  
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 1665-1668 
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00173G 

A microfluidic tubing method and its application for controlled synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles 
Jidong Wang, Wenwen Chen, Jiashu Sun, Chao Liu, Qifang Yin, Lu Zhang, Yunlei Xianyu, Xinghua Shi, Guoqing Hu and Xingyu Jiang   
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 1673-1677 
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00080C 
 
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This month sees the following articles in Lab on a Chip that are in the top ten most accessed January – March:-

Continuous focusing of microparticles using inertial lift force and vorticity via multi-orifice microfluidic channels 
Jae-Sung Park, Suk-Heung Song and Hyo-Il Jung 
Lab Chip, 2009,9, 939-948 
DOI: 10.1039/B813952K  
  
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  
 
Rare cell isolation and analysis in microfluidics 
Yuchao Chen, Peng Li, Po-Hsun Huang, Yuliang Xie, John D. Mai, Lin Wang, Nam-Trung Nguyen and Tony Jun Huang    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 626-645
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC90136J  
  
Droplet microfluidics 
Shia-Yen Teh, Robert Lin, Lung-Hsin Hung and Abraham P. Lee    
Lab Chip, 2008,8, 198-220
DOI: 10.1039/B715524G  
  
Lab-in-a-pen: a diagnostics format familiar to patients for low-resource settings 
Max M. Gong, Brendan D. MacDonald, Trung Vu Nguyen, Kinh Van Nguyen and David Sinton    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 957-963
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51185E  
 
Dielectrophoresis switching with vertical sidewall electrodes for microfluidic flow cytometry 
Lisen Wang, Lisa A. Flanagan, Noo Li Jeon, Edwin Monuki and Abraham P. Lee    
Lab Chip, 2007,7, 1114-1120
DOI: 10.1039/B705386J  
 
Particle separation using virtual deterministic lateral displacement (vDLD) 
David J. Collins, Tuncay Alan and Adrian Neild    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 1595-1603
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51367J  
 
Light-assisted direct-write of 3D functional biomaterials 
Kolin C. Hribar, Pranav Soman, John Warner, Peter Chung and Shaochen Chen    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 268-275 
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50634G 
 
Wettability patterning for high-rate, pumpless fluid transport on open, non-planar microfluidic platforms 
Aritra Ghosh, Ranjan Ganguly, Thomas M. Schutzius and Constantine M. Megaridis    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 1538-1550
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51406D 
 
Automated analysis of dynamic behavior of single cells in picoliter droplets 
Mohammad Ali Khorshidi, Prem Kumar Periyannan Rajeswari, Carolina Wählby, Haakan N. Joensson and Helene Andersson Svahn    
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 931-937
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51136G  

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

Detection of waterborne parasites using field-portable and cost-effective lensfree microscopy
Onur Mudanyali, Cetin Oztoprak, Derek Tseng, Anthony Erlinger and Aydogan Ozcan
Lab Chip, 2010,10, 2419-2423
DOI: 10.1039/C004829A

Electrowetting-based actuation of droplets for integrated microfluidics
M. G. Pollack, A. D. Shenderov and R. B. Fair
Lab Chip, 2002,2, 96-101
DOI: 10.1039/B110474H

High-purity and label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in a microfluidic platform by using optically-induced-dielectrophoretic (ODEP) force
Song-Bin Huang, Min-Hsien Wu, Yen-Heng Lin, Chia-Hsun Hsieh, Chih-Liang Yang, Hung-Chih Lin, Ching-Ping Tseng and Gwo-Bin Lee
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 1371-1383
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC41256C

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

Recent advances in microfluidics combined with mass spectrometry: technologies and applications
Dan Gao, Hongxia Liu, Yuyang Jiang and Jin-Ming Lin
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 3309-3322
DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50449b

Recent advances in particle and droplet manipulation for lab-on-a-chip devices based on surface acoustic waves
Zhuochen Wang and Jiang Zhe
Lab Chip, 2011,11, 1280-1285
DOI: 10.1039/C0lC00527D

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

Probing cell–cell communication with microfluidic devices
Feng Guo, Jarrod B. French, Peng Li, Hong Zhao, Chung Yu Chan, James R. Fick, Stephen J. Benkovic and Tony Jun Huang
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 3152-3162
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC90067C

Albumin testing in urine using a smart-phone
Ahmet F. Coskun, Richie Nagi, Kayvon Sadeghi, Stephen Phillips and Aydogan Ozcan
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 4231-4238
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50785H

Clear castable polyurethane elastomer for fabrication of microfluidic devices
Karel Domansky, Daniel C. Leslie, James McKinney, Jacob P. Fraser, Josiah D. Sliz, Tiama Hamkins-Indik, Geraldine A. Hamilton, Anthony Bahinski and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 3956-3964
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50558H

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

Microfluidic approaches for cancer cell detection, characterization, and separation
Jian Chen, Jason Li and Yu Sun
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 1753-1767
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21273K

Label-free biodetection using a smartphone
Dustin Gallegos, Kenneth D. Long, Hojeong Yu, Peter P. Clark, Yixiao Lin, Sherine George, Pabitra Nath and Brian T. Cunningham
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 2124-2132
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC40991K

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

Enrichment, detection and clinical significance of circulating tumor cells
Sunil K. Arya, Bing Lim and Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 1995-2027
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC00009E

Nanotechnology for membranes, filters and sieves A series of mini-reviews covering new trends in fundamental and applied research, and potential applications of miniaturised technologies
Jan C. T. Eijkel and Albert van den Berg
Lab Chip, 2006,6, 19-23
DOI: 10.1039/B516903H

Microfluidic probes for use in life sciences and medicine
Mohammad A. Qasaimeh, Sébastien G. Ricoult and David Juncker
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 40-50
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40898H

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

Lab-on-a-chip technologies for single-molecule studies
Yanhui Zhao, Danqi Chen, Hongjun Yue, Jarrod B. French, Joseph Rufo, Stephen J. Benkovic and Tony Jun Huang
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 2183-2198
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC90042H

Rapid electrochemical detection on a mobile phone
Peter B. Lillehoj, Ming-Chun Huang, Newton Truong and Chih-Ming Ho
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 2950-2955
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50306B

External cavity laser biosensor
Chun Ge, Meng Lu, Sherine George, Timothy A. Flood, Clark Wagner, Jie Zheng, Anusha Pokhriyal, J. Gary Eden, Paul J. Hergenrother and Brian T. Cunningham
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 1247-1256
DOI: 10.1039/C3LC41330F

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