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Andrew J. deMello is professor of Biochemical Engineering in the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Z\"urich. In this contribution he describes the efforts that his lab has undertaken in developing novel microfluidic…
George Whitesides is a Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers Professor at Harvard University. In this contribution he describes the development of microfluidic techniques, from the spark that ignited this branch of academic research and its…
Paul Blainey is professor of Biological Engineering at MIT. In this contribution he describes three microfluidic technologies that he and his team has developed to extend the capability, accessibility, and applications of microfluidics: (1)…
Microfluidics, the study of fluids in microscopic channels, has led to important advances in fields as diverse as microelectronics, biotechnology and chemistry. Microfluidic research is primarily based on the use of microfluidic chips,…
D. Jed Harrison is a full professor at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta. Here he describes the development of microfluidic techniques in his lab from the initial demonstration of an integrated separation system for…
We have developed an original setup using microfluidic tools allowing one to produce continuously monodisperse microreactors ($\approx 100$ nL), and to control their temperatures as they flow in the microdevice. With a specific…
Flow-based microfluidic biochips are widely used in lab- on-a-chip experiments. In these chips, devices such as mixers and detectors connected by micro-channels execute specific operations. Intermediate fluid samples are saved in storage…
Microfluidic droplet screens serve as an innovative platform for high-throughput biotechnology, enabling significant advancements in discovery, product optimization, and analysis. This review sheds light on the emerging trend of interaction…
Mehmet Toner is the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School, and Harvard - MIT Health Sciences & Technology. Here he describes his labs efforts to advance…
The paper describes a novel concept for a low cost microfluidic platform utilizing materials and processes used in low cost thermal inkjet printing. The concept re-purposes the jetting elements to create pumps, mixers, and valves all…
Effective mixing is essential for biochemical reactions. In droplet-based microfluidics, immediate mixing of substances upon contact in the droplet formation stage can greatly enhance the uniformity of chemical reactions. Furthermore, it…
Stephen Quake is the Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics at Stanford University. Here he reviews the early history of microfluidics and discusses more recent developments, with a focus on applications in biology and…
Optofluidic devices have revolutionized the manipulation and transportation of fluid at smaller length scales ranging from micrometers to millimeters. We describe a dedicated optical setup for studying laser-induced cavitation inside a…
Richard A. Mathies is professor emeritus of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. In this contribution he summarizes his journey through microfluidics over the past 30 years from the invention of Capillary Array…
Petra S. Dittrich is associate professor for Bioanalytics at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Z\"urich. Here she describes the microfluidic devices that her lab develops to facilitate comprehensive studies on…
Shoji Takeushi is professor in and the Director of the Center for International Research on Integrative Biomedical Systems (CIBiS), Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) at the University of Tokyo. Here he describes his attempts to use…
The efficient mixing of fluid samples in miniaturized total analysis systems is essential for numerous applications including biological screening assays, chemical extraction, polymerization, cell analysis, and protein folding. Miniaturized…
Series of short contributions that are part of Nobel Symposium 162 - Microfluidics arXiv:1712.08369.
The so-called "Kelvin water dropper" is a simple experiment demonstrating the spontaneous appearance of induced free charge in droplets emitted through a tube. As Lord Kelvin explained, water droplets spontaneously acquire a net charge…
Yoon-Kyoung Cho is a full professor in Biomedical Engineering at UNIST. In this contribution she describes a fully integrated and automated lab-on-a-disc using centrifugal microfluidics to provide a "sample-in and answer-out" type of…