Microfluidics in Biomedical Research
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microfluidics; cell separation and detection; dielectrophoresis; point-of-care testing (POCT) devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Microfluidics can precisely manipulate fluids or bioparticles by creating channels with dimensions of tens of micrometers using microfabrication. Over the past few decades, microfluidics has made important contributions to many subject areas, from chemical science and biomedical engineering to information science. Especially for the area of biomedical research, microfluidics has been widely employed for sample preparation, single-cell analysis, molecular detection, and disease diagnosis. For example, the enrichment and detection of rare cells (e.g., circulating tumor cells and fetal nucleated red blood cells) from complex background cells provide insightful techniques for the liquid biopsy of cancer and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. In addition, microfluidics can be used to develop rapid and cost-effective point-of-care testing (POCT) devices for the early diagnosis and control of the transmission of plagues (e.g., COVID-19). With the development of modern science, various new technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, internet of things, and quantum detection) can be integrated with microfluidics to achieve new functions and improved performances. Up until now, various microfluidic devices or instruments have been successfully commercialized, which has reformed biomedical research.
Scope of the Special Issue:
- AI for microfluidics;
- New functions realized by microfluidics;
- Novel fabrication techniques for microfluidics;
- Fundamentals of microfluidics for biomedical research;
- Biomedical instruments and point-of-care testing (POCT) devices based on microfluidics;
- New applications of microfluidics for biomedical research.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the most recent advances in microfluidics in biomedical research. Reviews and original research papers are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Nan Xiang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microfluidics
- artificial intelligence
- point-of-care testing devices or instruments
- biomedical research
- emerging techniques
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