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The term of optofluidics defines an emergent research field that combines microfluidics and optics. In many lab-on-a-chip applications, these two technologies are used in combining the microfluidics for sample delivery and optics for sensing and controllin ...
We might be at the turning point where research in microfluidics undertaken in academia and industrial research laboratories, and substantially sponsored by public grants, may provide a range of portable and networked diagnostic devices. In this Progress R ...
We present a novel image-based method to measure the on-chip microfluidic pressure and flow rate simultaneously by using the integrated optofluidic membrane interferometers (OMIs). The device was constructed with two layers of structured polydimethylsiloxa ...
Research on microfluidic devices for biological analysis has progressed sufficiently to be developed into point-of-care diagnostics products. The goal of this thesis is to improve multiple aspects of capillary-driven microfluidic devices. In particular, th ...
The analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from the blood of cancer patients promises a better understanding of metastasis formation and tumor phenotypes. CTCs are rare (there is 1 CTC in 1 billion of circulating blood cells) and therefore challenging ...
Quantitative biology requires quantitative data. No high-throughput technologies exist capable of obtaining several hundred independent kinetic binding measurements in a single experiment. We present an integrated microfluidic device (k-MITOMI) for the sim ...
We introduce a new low-temperature (280 °C) parylene-to-SiO2 bonding process with high device yield (>90%) for the fabrication and integration of high-pressure-rated microfluidic chips. Pull tests demonstrate a parylene-to-SiO2 bonding strength of 10 ± 3 M ...
We present a microfluidic device for on-chip analysis of low-concentration protein biomarkers. A new detection method, based on the magnetic capture of proteins via superparamagnetic beads and counting the surface coverage of the latter is presented. The p ...
This paper reports on silicon-based microprobes, 8 mm long and 250 mu m x 250 mu m cross-section, comprising four recessed biosensor microelectrodes (50 mu m x 150 mu m) per probe shank coated with an enzymatic layer for the selective detection of choline ...
Further advances in molecular medicine and cell biology also require new electrochemical systems to detect disease biomarkers and therapeutic compounds. Microelectronic technology offers powerful circuits and systems to develop innovative and miniaturized ...
