Living cells have evolved over billions of years to develop structural and functional
complexity with numerous intracellular compartments that are formed due to liquid–liquid …

This review article provides a brief summary of recent research progress on anisotropic
wetting on one‐dimensional (1D) and directionally patterned surfaces, as well as the …

Propulsive effects of light, which often remain unnoticed in our daily-life experience, manifest
themselves on spatial scales ranging from subatomic to astronomical. Light-mediated forces …

Because of intensive developments in recent years, the microfluidic system has become a
powerful tool for biological analysis. Entire analytic protocols including sample pretreatment …

Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technology offers unique advantages for the next generation
devices for diagnostic therapeutic applications. For chemical, biological and biomedical …

Digital microfluidics (DMF) is a versatile microfluidics technology that has significant
application potential in the areas of automation and miniaturization. In DMF, discrete …

Insulator‐based dielectrophoresis has to date been almost entirely restricted to Newtonian
fluids despite the fact that many of the chemical and biological fluids exhibit non‐Newtonian …

Optical tweezers and related techniques offer extraordinary opportunities for research and
applications in physical, biological, and medical fields. However, certain critical …

Manipulation of microparticles and bio-samples is a critical task in many research and
clinical settings. Recently, acoustic based methods have garnered significant attention due …

We report a magnetically transportable microlaser with cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) core–
shell structure, operating in band-edge mode. The dye doped CLC shells as a water-in-oil-in …