Morphology and Mechanics in Microfluidics
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E:Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 8654
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microfluidics; nanofluidics; particle separation; DNA mechanics; DNA separation; microscopy; microfabrication; electrokinetics
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Dear Colleagues,
Along with smell and taste, morphology is possibly the oldest of all biomarkers. While size has long been accessible as a handle for the manipulation and separation of microscopic entities, using sieving for example, other physical attributes have been more elusive as useful parameters. Visual inspection in a microscope and its modern camera and computer-aided equivalents have been used to draw a wealth of information from morphology, but only recently have mechanical properties been added to the list of label-free physical properties that can be probed. As the toolbox has expanded, so has our understanding of just how important the mechanical properties of biological entities are; from proteins, via cells, through tissue and whole organisms. Now, the list of disease states without a known or suspected mechanical component is rapidly shrinking. Microfluidics has been instrumental in this development.
This Special Edition seeks to gather research papers and review articles that will showcase the new techniques and novel methodologies that are being developed in the field. Any work relating to the measurement or manipulation of entities based on morphology and/or mechanical properties, including but not limited to fluidics, imaging, sorting, electrokinetics, cell–structure interactions, and optical methods is welcome.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Jason Beech
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- deformability
- biomechanics
- cell mechanics
- softness
- morphology
- label-free sorting
- invasiveness
- viscoelasticity
- hydrodynamic shear
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