X-fluidics at the Micro/Nanoscale
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A:Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2022) | Viewed by 26678
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microfluidics; electrokinetics; magnetofluidics; viscoelasticity
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Special Issue Information
Lab-on-a-chip devices have the potential to revolutionalize point-of-care technologices. They rely on the transport and control of liquid samples (e.g., chemical solutions and biologial fluids) in micro/nano systems. A variety of force fields have been demonstrated to accomplish this task, ranging from the pressure field (e.g., inertial microfluidics) to electric (via electrokinetic phemonema), acoustic (i.e., acoustofluidics), magnetic (i.e., magnetofluidics), optical (i.e., optofluidics), acceleration (e.g., centrifugal microfluidics), and surface tension (e.g., capillary and Marrangoni flow) fields, etc. We would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Micromachines original research or review articles on the diverse manipulation of fluids and samples (e.g., particles and cells) in micro/nano systems using any kind of force (not necessarily limited to those mentioned above). Both experimental and theoretical (inculding numerical) works are welcome on either the fundamentals or applications of X-fluidics at the micro/nanoscale.
Prof. Dr. Xiangchun Xuan
Dr. Hui Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Electrokinetic microfluidics
- Acoustofluidics
- Optofluidics
- Magnetofluidics
- Inertial microfluidics
- Capillary microfluidics
- Centrifugal microfluidics
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