Microfluidic devices for forensic DNA analysis: A review

B Bruijns, A Van Asten, R Tiggelaar, H Gardeniers - Biosensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic devices may offer various advantages for forensic DNA analysis, such as
reduced risk of contamination, shorter analysis time and direct application at the crime …

Integrated electrochemical biosensors for detection of waterborne pathogens in low-resource settings

J Rainbow, E Sedlackova, S Jiang, G Maxted… - Biosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
More than 783 million people worldwide are currently without access to clean and safe
water. Approximately 1 in 5 cases of mortality due to waterborne diseases involve children …

Enzymatic stoichiometry reveals phosphorus limitation-induced changes in the soil bacterial communities and element cycling: Evidence from a long-term field …

J Cui, S Zhang, X Wang, X Xu, C Ai, G Liang, P Zhu… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil microbial growth and activity are generally limited by availability of resources such
carbon (C), nitrogen (N), or phosphorus (P) in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how soil …

Novel 3D-printed microfluidic magnetic platform for rapid DNA isolation

G Kibar, B Sarıarslan, S Doğanay, G Yıldız… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study presents a novel miniaturized device as a 3D-printed microfluidic magnetic
platform specifically designed to manipulate magnetic microparticles in a microfluidic chip …

Continuous microfluidic purification of DNA using magnetophoresis

Y Xu, Z Zhang, Z Su, X Zhou, X Han, Q Liu - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Automatic microfluidic purification of nucleic acid is predictable to reduce the input of original
samples and improve the throughput of library preparation for sequencing. Here, we …

Fully 4D-Printed Near-Infrared-Actuated Lab-on-Valve Solid-Phase Extraction Devices

CH Kuo, CK Su - Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Four-dimensional printing (4DP) technologies can expand the functionality of stimuli-
responsive devices to enable the integration of multiple stimuli-responsive parts into a …

A microfluidic approach for biosensing DNA within forensics

B Bruijns, R Tiggelaar, H Gardeniers - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Reducing the risk of (cross-) contamination, improving the chain of custody, providing fast
analysis times and options of direct analysis at crime scenes: these requirements within …

4D-printed programmable sample-/eluent-actuated solid-phase extraction device for trace metal analysis

CH Kuo, CK Su - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2025 - Elsevier
Background To integrate valves, manifolds, and solid-phase extraction (SPE) columns into a
compact device is technically difficult. Four-dimensional printing (4DP) technologies …

Surface characterization of plasma-treated PDMS-PCTE-PDMS microfluidic chip for particle separation

X Yang, J Li, B Jiang, M Zhou - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Integrating membranes into microfluidic chips expands applications in many fields. A key
challenge in fabrication of membrane-integrated microfluidic chips is the effective bonding of …

Application of microfluidic technologies in forensic analysis

Y Guo, X Zhang, H Zhang, Y Liu, J Shi, H Meng… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The application of microfluidic technology in forensic medicine has steadily expanded over
the last two decades due to the favorable features of low cost, rapidity, high throughput, user …