Improving “lab-on-a-chip” techniques using biomedical nanotechnology: a review

Methods for pumping fluids on biomedical lab-on-a-chip.

Lab-on-a-chip is an enabling technology that has influenced areas from biology, drug research to the development of point-of-care devices. The essential of Lab-on-a-chip technology is the "mobile liquid" in channels with dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometres, for which a liquid pumping system generally is indispensable. We review the methods for pumping fluids on biomedical lab-on-a-chi...

Lab on a Chip CRITICAL REVIEW

Mechanotransduction has been a topic of considerable interest since early studies demonstrated a link between mechanical force and biological response. Until recently, studies of fundamental phenomena were based either on in vivo experiments with limited control or direct access, or on large-scale in vitro studies lacking many of the potentially important physiological factors. With the advent ...

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Review: carbon nanotube for microfluidic lab-on-a-chip application

Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip allows chemical and biochemical analysis to be conducted in a miniaturized system. Miniaturized analysis reduces the reagent consumption while decreasing the overall size of the device, but the small dose of the sample make detection more demanding and is more sensitive to adsorption of species on the surface. Integration of carbon nanotubes into microfludic devices i...

A Lab-on-a-Chip using magnetic droplets

We present a chip-based bio-analysis system using the two dimensional (2D) magnetic manipulation of microdroplets. The latter contain magnetic microparticles which serve as force mediators for the droplet actuation. In combination with a changeable field topology over the chip surface, we are able to perform all droplet manipulation steps, like transport, merging, mixing and splitting of drople...