Microfluidic Chips: Definition, Functions and Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dielectrophoresis; microfluidics; lab-on-chip; particle manipulation and separation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To achieve the precise manipulation and detection of micro- and nanotargets, LOC microsystems provide promising options due to their applications in the mechanical, medical, biological, and environmental fields. In all of these areas, the adoption of microfluidic devices transforms the efficiency of the reactive process or assay and analytical throughput. For biological and chemical applications, there is great interest in micro-/nanostructured channel systems and micro-/nanopatterned surfaces. To precisely control and manipulate these micro-/nanoscale targets and objects, microsystems, including microfluidic and nanofluidic platforms, provide a powerful and promising technique with great potential in the fields of chemical, biological, and environmental science. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on novel methodological developments by using advanced microfluidic systems for sampling and detection, with particular interest being paid to techniques for the manipulation, separation, characterization, and identification of microtargets.
Dr. Kai Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- manipulation and separation
- microfluidics
- micro-/nanofabrication
- target manipulation
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