Recent Developments in Microfluidics

Dear Colleagues,

The advent of microfluidics has revolutionized many fields within life sciences by enabling the rapid isolation and detection of molecules and proteins, extracellular vesicles, bacteria, and cells in complex biological fluids with major applications in medical diagnostics, patient monitoring, drug screening, and food safety. Microfluidic technologies are rapidly evolving with new fabrication techniques, channel architecture, and materials (flexible elastomers, paper, 2D materials), along with developments in sensing modalities (optical, electrical, and magnetic) and integrated molecular biology techniques (CRISPR-based approaches). These developments enable faster and higher detection sensitivity in complex environments and challenging applications ranging from unamplified nucleic acid and extracellular vesicle detection to real-time monitoring of physiological signals from wearables. On the other hand, cost-effective, disposable, and simple-use microfluidic technologies are at the frontlines of point-of-care diagnostics and screening of infectious diseases and genetic disorders, especially in low-resource settings; the importance and urgency of which has become evident once more during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

In this Topical Collection, we are pleased to invite contributions on “Recent Developments in Microfluidics” dedicated to covering the most recent innovations in next-generation microfluidic technologies. Research articles and comprehensive review articles reporting on the latest developments in new fabrication techniques and materials, novel sensing approaches, and applications in molecular and cellular diagnostics and wearable physiological monitoring technologies are of great interest.

Dr. Yunus Alapan
Dr. Yuncheng Man
Collection Editors

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