Special Issue "Hybrid Microfluidic/Integrated Sensors for Life Science Applications"

Recent advances in micro- and nanotechnologies have enabled the development of high-throughput screening (HTS) technologies for various applications, including cell culture monitoring and drug testing. Owing to the seminal advances in microfabrication technologies, including CMOS, MEMS, and microfluidics, HTS is moving towards massively parallel, miniaturized, label-free platforms. The Ion Torrent™ DNA sequencing platform, a state-of-the-art example featuring millions of ion-selective field effect transistors (ISFETs) and generating 16 GB/s of continuous data output, has convincingly demonstrated the advantage of using standard microelectronic (E) and MEMS technologies in HTS applications. Aligning with these exciting trends, this Special Issue focuses on research or review papers that address the challenge of developing a high-throughput platform consisting of an array of CMOS/MEMS sensors along with related microfluidic structures.

This Special Issue shall consider the publication of papers addressing the design, implementation, modeling, characterization, validation, and/or optimization of CMOS, MEMS or any other integrated sensors used for cellular or molecular applications, such as drug testing or other fundamental biological studies. It will also consider the publication of papers addressing the design, implementation, modeling, characterization, validation, and/or optimization of microfluidic structures incorporated with a single or array of sensors used for biological studies or biosensing purposes. 

Dr. Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh
Guest Editor

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• CMOS
• MEMS
• Microfluidic
• Biology