Electrokinetic Phenomena in Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Electrokinetic phenomena have attracted great attention in microfluidic and nanofluidic systems for the manipulation of liquids and particles. Electrokinetics include electro-osmotic flow (EOF), electrophoresis (EP), and dielectrophoresis (DEP), which have been extensively employed for flow control, concentration gradient generation, micromixing, separation, sorting, and DNA detection. The comprehensive study and practice of the electrokinetic phenomena is crucial to the development of micro- and nano-fluidic systems for drug screening and delivery, environmental and food monitoring, biomedical diagnosis, and chemical analysis.

We would like to encourage our colleagues to contribute their excellent work to this Special Issue. The relevant topics of the Special Issue include but are not limited to:

1. Fundamental principles of electrokinetic phenomena in microfluidics and nanofluidics;
2. Theoretical models and numerical simulation with experimental and/or analytical proof;
3. Novel electrokinetic-related manipulation and separation technologies;
4. New design, fabrication, and assembly of micro- and nano-fluidic devices and systems based on electrokinetic techniques;
5. Lab-on-a-chip systems and micro total analysis systems;
6. Micro- and nano-fabrication technologies and materials.

Dr. Mengqi Li
Dr. Jun Zhang
Dr. Jun Li
Guest Editors

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