“With the fundamentals of microscale flow and species transport well developed, the recent
trend in microfluidics has been to work towards the development of integrated devices which …

The area of micro total analysis systems (μTAS), also called “lab on a chip” or miniaturized
analysis systems, is growing rapidly. This paper represents an update of the earlier reviews …

Fluorescence is the most popular technique in chemical and biological sensing because of
its ultimate sensitivity, high temporal and spatial resolution and versatility that enables …

This review deals with the application of optical sensing systems for microfluidic devices. In
the “off-chip approach” macro-scale optical infrastructure is coupled, while the “on-chip …

The use of planar fluidic devices for performing small-volume chemistry was first proposed
by analytical chemists, who coined the term" miniaturized total chemical analysis …

Microfluidics has become recognized as a powerful platform technology with a wide range of
applications in various fields, such as biology, biomedicine, chemistry and environment. To …

Micro-optics are increasingly used for minimally invasive in vivo imaging, in miniaturized
microscopes and in lab-on-a-chip devices. Owing to optical aberrations and lower numerical …

Microfluidic systems have become more and more important in the field of analytical
chemistry. Detection methods on these microsystems are essential for the identification and …

Significant progress in the development of miniaturized microfluidic systems has occurred
since their inception over a decade ago. This is primarily due to the numerous advantages of …

The microfluidic lab-on-a-chip allows scientists to conduct chemical and biochemical
analysis in a miniaturized format so small that properties and effects are successfully …