Guided-wave liquid-crystal photonics

DC Zografopoulos, R Asquini, EE Kriezis… - Lab on a Chip, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper we review the state of the art in the field of liquid-crystal tunable guided-wave
photonic devices, a unique type of fill-once, molecular-level actuated, optofluidic systems …

Towards photochromic and thermochromic biosensing

M Avella-Oliver, S Morais, R Puchades… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Photochromism and thermochromism are interesting physicochemical phenomena applied
in the chemistry, health and biology fields and others. Nonetheless, exploiting these chromo …

Fabricating freestanding, broadband reflective cholesteric liquid-crystal networks via topological tailoring of the sm–Ch phase transition

L Li, ZB Wen, D Li, ZY Xu, LY Shi… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Numerous biological systems in nature provide much inspiration for humanity to master
diverse coloration strategies for creating stimuli-responsive materials and display devices …

Incubated protein reduction and digestion on an electrowetting-on-dielectric digital microfluidic chip for MALDI-MS

WC Nelson, I Peng, GA Lee, JA Loo… - Analytical …, 2010‏ - ACS Publications
Localized heating of droplets on an electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) chip has been
implemented and shown to accelerate trypsin digestion reaction rates, sample drying, and …

A large volume, portable, real-time PCR reactor

X Qiu, MG Mauk, D Chen, C Liu, HH Bau - Lab on a Chip, 2010‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A point-of-care, diagnostic system incorporating a portable thermal cycler and a compact
fluorescent detector for real-time, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on disposable, plastic …

Photobleaching absorbed Rhodamine B to improve temperature measurements in PDMS microchannels

T Glawdel, Z Almutairi, S Wang, C Ren - Lab on a Chip, 2009‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Rhodamine B based fluorescence thermometry is commonly used in microfluidics to
measure fluid temperatures in microchannels. Notable absorption of Rhodamine B into …

Nanocalorimeters for biomolecular analysis and cell metabolism monitoring

S Wang, X Sha, S Yu, Y Zhao - Biomicrofluidics, 2020‏ - pubs.aip.org
Nanocalorimeters, or microfabricated calorimeters, provide a promising way to characterize
the thermal process of biological processes, such as biomolecule interactions and cellular …

An integrated microfluidic chip for chromosome enumeration using fluorescence in situ hybridization

VJ Sieben, CS Debes-Marun, LM Pilarski… - Lab on a Chip, 2008‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a powerful technique for probing the genetic
content of individual cells at the chromosomal scale. Conventional FISH techniques provide …

Thermal sensing in fluid at the micro-nano-scales

F Yang, N Yang, X Huo, S Xu - Biomicrofluidics, 2018‏ - pubs.aip.org
Temperature is one of the most fundamental parameters for the characterization of a
physical system. With rapid development of lab-on-a-chip and biology at single cell level, a …

Temperature imaging of water in a microchannel using thermal sensitivity of near-infrared absorption

N Kakuta, Y Fukuhara, K Kondo, H Arimoto, Y Yamada - Lab on a Chip, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This paper presents a remote and preparation-free method of temperature imaging of
aqueous solutions in microchannels of microfluidic chips. The principle of this method is …