Modular microfluidics for life sciences

J Wu, H Fang, J Zhang, S Yan - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2023 - Springer
The advancement of microfluidics has enabled numerous discoveries and technologies in
life sciences. However, due to the lack of industry standards and configurability, the design …

Advances in microfluidics: technical innovations and applications in diagnostics and therapeutics

G Aubry, HJ Lee, H Lu - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics describes the study of systems that operate fluids at miniature scales, often in
microchannels. It is powerful in scaling down biological experiments by many orders of …

Passive microfluidic devices for cell separation

T Zhang, D Di Carlo, CT Lim, T Zhou, G Tian… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
The separation of specific cell populations is instrumental in gaining insights into cellular
processes, elucidating disease mechanisms, and advancing applications in tissue …

Precise diagnosis of tumor cells and hemocytes using ultrasensitive, stable, selective cuprous oxide composite SERS bioprobes assisted with high-efficiency …

Y **e, L Xu, J Zhang, C Zhang, Y Hu, Z Zhang… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient enrichment and accurate diagnosis of cancer cells from biological samples can
guide effective treatment strategies. However, the accessibility and accuracy of rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of obstacles on inertial focusing and separation in sinusoidal channels: An experimental and numerical study

H Cha, HA Amiri, S Moshafi, A Karimi, A Nikkhah… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inertial microfluidics manipulates and separates microparticles based on the finite inertia of
the fluid at high flow speed. In inertial microfluidics, modifying the geometry by embedding …

Cascaded elasto-inertial separation of malignant tumor cells from untreated malignant pleural and peritoneal effusions

C Ni, D Wu, Y Chen, S Wang, N **ang - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Separation of malignant tumor cells (MTCs) from large background cells in untreated
malignant pleural and peritoneal effusions (MPPEs) is critical for improving the sensitivity …

Numerical investigation of centrifugal passive cell separation in three types of serpentine microchannels and comparison with fixed platform

R Dezhkam, AS Souderjani, A Shamloo… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cell separation plays a crucial role in diagnosing and improving a wide range of diseases,
such as cancer, which is a severe reason for the death of people in the current decades …

Asymmetrical obstacles enable unilateral inertial focusing and separation in sinusoidal microchannel

H Cha, Y Dai, HHWB Hansen, L Ouyang… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Inertial microfluidics uses the intrinsic fluid inertia in confined channels to manipulate the
particles and cells in a simple, high-throughput, and precise manner. Inertial focusing in a …

Sheathless inertial particle focusing methods within microfluidic devices: a review

T Peng, J Qiang, S Yuan - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The ability to manipulate and focus particles within microscale fluidic environments is crucial
to advancing biological, chemical, and medical research. Precise and high-throughput …

A self-cleaning micro-fluidic chip biospired by the filtering system of manta rays

X Hu, L Yu, Z Zhu, F Bao, J Lin, C Tu, P Lin - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Size-based particle filtration has become indispensable in numerous biomedical and
environmental applications. In this study, bioinspired by the filter-feeding mechanism (lobe …