Droplet-based microfluidic systems have been employed to manipulate discrete fluid
volumes with immiscible phases. Creating the fluid droplets at microscale has led to a …

Global health and food security constantly face the challenge of emerging human and plant
diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other pathogens. Disease outbreaks such …

Microfluidics expands the synthetic space such as heat transfer, mass transport, and reagent
consumption to conditions not easily achievable in conventional batch processes …

Global burdens from existing or emerging infectious diseases emphasize the need for point-
of-care (POC) diagnostics to enhance timely recognition and intervention. Molecular …

The 20th century has seen tremendous innovation of dielectrophoresis (DEP) technologies,
with applications being developed in areas ranging from industrial processing to micro‐and …

Biological sample processing involves purifying target analytes from various sample
matrices and concentrating them to a small volume from a large volume of crude sample …

Droplet manipulation has found broad applications in various engineering and biomedical
fields, such as biochemistry, microfluidic systems, drug delivery, and tissue engineering …

Bloodstream infections (BSI) are a leading cause of death worldwide. The lack of timely and
reliable diagnostic practices is an ongoing issue for managing BSI. The current gold …

This paper reports a droplet microfluidic, sample-to-answer platform for the detection of
disease biomarkers and infectious pathogens using crude biosamples. The platform …

Point-of-care (POC) genetic diagnostics critically depends on miniaturization and integration
of sample processing, nucleic acid amplification, and detection systems. Polymerase chain …