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Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Advances in Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip Technology, 2nd Edition

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Dear Colleagues,

There are now numerous lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies, and they continue to expand into new applications. The integration of AI has the potential to revolutionize the development and use of LOC devices by enhancing their capabilities, improving efficiency, and enabling new functionalities. While medicine, pharmacology, chemistry, biology, and biotechnology have traditionally benefited the most from LOC applications, new areas such as environmental protection, food science, and power engineering are emerging as important fields for these technologies.

The industrialization and commercialization of LOC technologies remain significant challenges. However, recent advancements in fabrication and prototyping techniques—such as 3D printing, laser processing, smart materials, bio-inspired designs, and nanoengineered materials—along with performance optimizations using computational fluid dynamics (CFDs), are helping to overcome these barriers.

 In this topic, we aim to present and review the latest developments in LOC technology and related techniques that bring microfluidics closer to the market. Interdisciplinary works from various disciplines of science are particularly welcome, especially when they combine experimental research on LOC with in-depth process analysis and mathematical modeling. We eagerly await your submissions.

Dr. Roman Grzegorz Szafran
Prof. Dr. Yi Yang
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Keywords

  • AI-enhanced microfluidics, CFD, and LBM simulations of microflows
  • micro- and nanorobots in microfluidics, bio-MEMS, and bionic microdevices
  • microfluidic photoelectrochemical cells for hydrogen and solar fuel production and microfluidic DSSCs and RFBs
  • microfluidics for point-of-care diagnostics
  • wearable and implantable sensors and biosensors
  • microphysiological systems and organ-, body-, and disease-on-a-chip
  • high-throughput drug screening and ADME applications of LOC
  • LOC devices for nucleic acids and protein biotechnology and analysis
  • the engineering of microfluidic devices, micro- and nanofabrication, 3D printing, thin films, and laser processing
  • optofluidics and acustofluidics
  • microdevices for environmental and food monitoring

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Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Applied Sciences
applsci 		2.5 5.3 2011 18.4 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Biosensors
biosensors 		4.9 6.6 2011 18.9 Days CHF 2200 Submit
Chips
chips 		- - 2022 22.2 Days CHF 1000 Submit
Micromachines
micromachines 		3.0 5.2 2010 16.2 Days CHF 2100 Submit
Molecules
molecules 		4.2 7.4 1996 15.1 Days CHF 2700 Submit

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Integrated Wastewater Remediation and Energy Production: Microfluidic Photocatalytic Fuel Cells Enabled by Dye Pollutants
by Youquan Zhou, Fangzhou Luo, Zhichao Wang, Jiayi Zhu and Hao Yang
Micromachines 2025, 16(3), 312; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16030312 - 7 Mar 2025
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Directly degrading the dyes in the wastewater is a missed opportunity. Herein, we propose a solution employing a microfluidic chip to construct a photocatalytic fuel cell (PFC) system, which can efficiently degrade tetracycline while generating electricity simultaneously under visible-light irradiation. This approach utilizes [...] Read more.
Directly degrading the dyes in the wastewater is a missed opportunity. Herein, we propose a solution employing a microfluidic chip to construct a photocatalytic fuel cell (PFC) system, which can efficiently degrade tetracycline while generating electricity simultaneously under visible-light irradiation. This approach utilizes the photogenerated electrons from the dye Rhodamine B (RhB), which are effectively transferred through a gold layer to activate persulfate in water, leading to enhanced tetracycline degradation. Experimental results reveal that within one hour of reaction duration, the degradation efficiency of tetracycline within the PFC system was doubled. At a persulfate (PS) concentration of 2 mM, the system’s open-circuit voltage and short-circuit photocurrent density reached 0.26 V and 0.00239 mA·cm−2 respectively, both exceeding the values detected at 0.5 mM PS. Additionally, the system’s power density was triple that at 0.5 mM PS. Notably, when the PS concentration in the system was elevated from 0.5 mM to 2 mM, the degradation efficiency of tetracycline witnessed a significant boost from 35.16% to 60.78%. This approach proffers a novel tactic for harnessing dye waste via microfluidic devices. The PFC system accomplishes not only the degradation of dyes and antibiotics but also the generation of electrical energy, substantially enhancing the energy utilization efficiency. Full article
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