Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is an elastomer with excellent optical, electrical and
mechanical properties, which makes it well-suited for several engineering applications. Due …

Separation of micro-and nano-sized bioparticles is essential for efficient diagnostics,
chemical and biological analyses, drug development, food and chemical processing, and …

One of the most popular methods to fabricate biomedical microfluidic devices is by using a
soft-lithography technique. However, the fabrication of the moulds to produce microfluidic …

Microfluidic devices are composed of microchannels with a diameter ranging from ten to a
few hundred micrometers. Thus, quite a small (10− 9–10− 18 l) amount of liquid can be …

Since the first microfluidic device was developed more than three decades ago, microfluidics
is seen as a technology that exhibits unique features to provide a significant change in the …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are rare cells that detach from a primary or metastasis tumor
and flow into the bloodstream. Intact and viable tumor cells are needed for genetic …

Techniques, such as micropipette aspiration and optical tweezers, are widely used to
measure cell mechanical properties, but are generally labor-intensive and time-consuming …

The loss of the red blood cells (RBCs) deformability is related with many human diseases,
such as malaria, hereditary spherocytosis, sickle cell disease, or renal diseases. Hence …

Hemorheological alterations in the majority of metabolic diseases are always connected
with blood rheology disturbances, such as the increase of blood and plasma viscosity, cell …

The last decade has witnessed tremendous advances in employing microfluidic solutions
enabling Continuous Processing and Monitoring of Biological Samples (CPMBS), which is …