Abstract Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices are broadly used for research in the life sciences and
diagnostics and represent a very fast moving field. LOC devices are designed, prototyped …

Thermoplastics are highly attractive substrate materials for microfluidic systems, with
important benefits in the development of low cost disposable devices for a host of …

Polymers have assumed the leading role as substrate materials for microfluidic devices in
recent years. They offer a broad range of material parameters as well as material and …

Microfluidics is an emerging field that has given rise to a large number of scientific and
technological developments over the last few years. This review reports on the use of …

Microfluidics is an evolving scientific field with immense commercial potential: analytical
applications, such as biochemical assay development, biochemical analysis and biosensors …

Recent developments in micro-and nanotechnologies made possible the fabrication of
devices integrating a deterministic network of nanochannels, ie, with at least one dimension …

This critical review is motivated by an increasing interest of the microfluidics community in
develo** complete Lab-on-a-Chip solutions based on thin and flexible films (Lab-on-a …

The development of polymer micromachining technologies that complement traditional
silicon approaches has enabled the broadening of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) …

Since its introduction in the nineties, the negative resist SU‐8 has been increasingly used in
micro‐and nanotechnologies. SU‐8 has made the fabrication of high‐aspect ratio structures …

Abstract Inexpensive, easy-to-process, light-weight polymer-based materials that are
biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and optically transparent have emerged as …