Microfluidics integrated biosensors: A leading technology towards lab-on-a-chip and sensing applications

G Luka, A Ahmadi, H Najjaran, E Alocilja, M DeRosa… - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
A biosensor can be defined as a compact analytical device or unit incorporating a biological
or biologically derived sensitive recognition element immobilized on a physicochemical …

Digital microfluidics: is a true lab-on-a-chip possible?

RB Fair - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2007 - Springer
The suitability of electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWD) microfluidics for true lab-on-a-chip
applications is discussed. The wide diversity in biomedical applications can be parsed into …

Creating, transporting, cutting, and merging liquid droplets by electrowetting-based actuation for digital microfluidic circuits

SK Cho, H Moon, CJ Kim - Journal of Microelectromechanical …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reports the completion of four fundamental fluidic operations considered essential to build
digital microfluidic circuits, which can be used for lab-on-a-chip or micro total analysis …

Nanofluidics: what is it and what can we expect from it?

JCT Eijkel, A Berg - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2005 - Springer
Starting from the background of nanofluidics in other disciplines, this paper describes the
present state of research in this field and discusses possible directions of development …

From rolling ball to complete wetting: the dynamic tuning of liquids on nanostructured surfaces

TN Krupenkin, JA Taylor, TM Schneider, S Yang - Langmuir, 2004 - ACS Publications
In this work, for the first time, a dynamic electrical control of the wetting behavior of liquids on
nanostructured surfaces, which spans the entire possible range from the superhydrophobic …

Method, apparatus and article for microfluidic control via electrowetting, for chemical, biochemical and biological assays and the like

JD Sterling, CY Chen - US Patent 7,163,612, 2007 - Google Patents
(54) METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE FOR 6,136.212 A 10/2000 Mastrangelo et
al.......... 21649 MCROFLUIDC CONTROL VA 6,203,981 B1* 3/2001 Ackley et al …

Light actuation of liquid by optoelectrowetting

PY Chiou, H Moon, H Toshiyoshi, CJ Kim… - Sensors and actuators A …, 2003 - Elsevier
Optical actuation of liquid droplets has been experimentally demonstrated for the first time
using a novel optoelectrowetting (OEW) principle. The optoelectrowetting surface is realized …

Microfluidics-based biochips: technology issues, implementation platforms, and design-automation challenges

F Su, K Chakrabarty, RB Fair - IEEE transactions on computer …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microfluidics-based biochips are soon expected to revolutionize clinical diagnosis,
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, and other laboratory procedures involving …

Automated on-chip droplet dispensing with volume control by electro-wetting actuation and capacitance metering

H Ren, RB Fair, MG Pollack - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2004 - Elsevier
In this work, a method is presented for controlling on-chip droplet dispensing by electro-
wetting actuation in conjunction with capacitance feedback. The method exploits the built-in …

High-level synthesis of digital microfluidic biochips

F Su, K Chakrabarty - ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
Microfluidic biochips offer a promising platform for massively parallel DNA analysis,
automated drug discovery, and real-time biomolecular recognition. Current techniques for …