An updated review on particle separation in passive microfluidic devices

M Bayareh - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
Particle separation has been extensively studied in recent years in a wide range of sciences,
especially in the field of medicine and biotechnology. On the other hand, the topic has been …

Progress of inertial microfluidics in principle and application

Y Gou, Y Jia, P Wang, C Sun - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Inertial microfluidics has become a popular topic in microfluidics research for its good
performance in particle manipulation and its advantages of simple structure, high …

Inertial focusing of CTCs in a novel spiral microchannel

A Shiriny, M Bayareh - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), which are rare types of cancer cells, detach from a
primary tumor and enter the bloodstream, leading to the formation of metastatic cancer. One …

[HTML][HTML] A review on inertial microfluidic fabrication methods

Z Akbari, MA Raoufi, S Mirjalali, B Aghajanloo - Biomicrofluidics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In recent decades, there has been significant interest in inertial microfluidics due to its high
throughput, ease of fabrication, and no need for external forces. The focusing efficiency of …

Continuous removal of small nonviable suspended mammalian cells and debris from bioreactors using inertial microfluidics

T Kwon, R Yao, JFP Hamel, J Han - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Removing nonviable cells from a cell suspension is crucial in biotechnology and
biomanufacturing. Label-free microfluidic cell separation devices based on …

[HTML][HTML] Computational study of inertial migration of prolate particles in a straight rectangular channel

G Lauricella, J Zhou, Q Luan, I Papautsky, Z Peng - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Inertial migration of spherical particles has been investigated extensively using experiments,
theory, and computational modeling. Yet, a systematic investigation of the effect of particle …

Simulation guided microfluidic design for multitarget separation using dielectrophoretic principle

MZA BI, V Tirth, CM Yousuff, NK Shukla, S Islam… - BioChip Journal, 2020 - Springer
Microfluidic technologies have emerged as a potential tool for point of care—diagnostics
and therapeutics applications. Isolation of multi-targets (Cancer cells along with platelets …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of microfluidic cell and particle separation techniques on microplastic removal strategies

A Mohammadimehr, AI Rodríguez-Villarreal… - Journal of Agriculture …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review highlights the growing concern regarding the proliferation of microplastics (MPs)
in aquatic ecosystems and their potential impact on both the environment and human health …

Design and validation of a tunable inertial microfluidic system for the efficient enrichment of circulating tumor cells in blood

A Rodríguez‐Pena, E Armendariz… - Bioengineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood is a powerful noninvasive alternative
to conventional tumor biopsy. Inertial‐based separation is a promising high‐throughput …

Public-health-driven microfluidic technologies: From separation to detection

X Zhang, X Xu, J Wang, C Wang, Y Yan, A Wu, Y Ren - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Separation and detection are ubiquitous in our daily life and they are two of the most
important steps toward practical biomedical diagnostics and industrial applications. A deep …