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Development and characterisation of acoustofluidic devices using detachable electrodes made from PCB

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01192G, Paper
Roman Mikhaylov, Fangda Wu, Hanlin Wang, Aled Clayton, Chao Sun, Zhihua Xie, Dongfang Liang, Yinhua Dong, Fan Yuan, Despina Moschou, Zhenlin Wu, Ming Hong Shen, Jian Yang, Yongqing Fu, Zhiyong Yang, Christian Burton, Rachel J. Errington, Marie Wiltshire, Xin Yang
We demonstrate a novel SAW device fabrication technique by mechanically clamping interdigital electrodes (IDEs) on the printed circuit board (PCB) to a LiNbO3 wafer. The novel PCB-SAW device is capable of performing all the functions of standard SAW devices.
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A bespoke microfluidic pharmacokinetic compartment model for drug absorption using artificial cell membranes

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00263A, Paper
Jaime L. Korner, Elanna B. Stephenson, Katherine S. Elvira
A new type of pharmacokinetic compartment model using artificial cell membranes that predicts intestinal absorption three times more accurately than the current state of the art.
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A new microfluidic model that allows monitoring of complex vascular structures and cell interactions in a 3D biological matrix

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00059K, Paper
Open Access
Christian G. M. van Dijk, Maarten M. Brandt, Nikolaos Poulis, Jonas Anten, Matthijs van der Moolen, Liana Kramer, Erik F. G. A. Homburg, Laura Louzao-Martinez, Jiayi Pei, Merle M. Krebber, Bas W. M. van Balkom, Petra de Graaf, Dirk J. Duncker, Marianne C. Verhaar, Regina Luttge, Caroline Cheng
We present a microfluidic vascular device. Vascular cells in a 3D-ECM environment support hemodynamic flow and enable monocyte interaction.
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Current commercialization status of electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) digital microfluidics

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00144A, Critical Review
Jia Li, Chang-Jin “CJ” Kim
Electrowetting on EWOD surface: a droplet beading or spreading (left) or translating (right) by electric signals. The EWOD technology made the once-obscure electrowetting phenomenon practical, leading to the host of commercial products today.
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Microfluidic device for high-throughput affinity-based isolation of extracellular vesicles

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01190K, Paper
Ting-Wen Lo, Ziwen Zhu, Emma Purcell, Daniel Watza, Joyful Wang, Yoon-Tae Kang, Shruti Jolly, Deepak Nagrath, Sunitha Nagrath
Immunoaffinity based EV isolation technologies use antibodies targeting surface markers on EVs to provide higher isolation specificity and purity compared to existing approaches.
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Direct loading of blood for plasma separation and diagnostic assays on a digital microfluidic device

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00302F, Paper
Christopher Dixon, Julian Lamanna, Aaron R. Wheeler
The integration of 3D porous membranes in a digital microfluidic device enables the generation of cell-free plasma from finger-stick volumes of blood with in-line, on-chip analysis.
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In situ generation of plasma-activated aerosols via surface acoustic wave nebulization for portable spray-based surface bacterial inactivation

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00001A, Paper
Kiing S. Wong, William T. H. Lim, Chien W. Ooi, Leslie Y. Yeo, Ming K. Tan
We demonstrate an efficient technique for in situ production and application of plasma-activated aerosols for surface disinfection.
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Correction: Deformability-induced lift force in spiral microchannels for cell separation

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC90036B, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Ewa Guzniczak, Oliver Otto, Graeme Whyte, Nicholas Willoughby, Melanie Jimenez, Helen Bridle
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A new polymer lab-on-a-chip (LOC) based on a microfluidic capillary flow assay (MCFA) for detecting unbound cortisol in saliva

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00071J, Paper
Vinitha T. U., Sthitodhi Ghosh, Alexander Milleman, Thinh Nguyen, Chong H. Ahn
A new polymer lab-on-a-chip with on-chip dried reagents for microfluidic capillary flow assay (MCFA) detection of unbound cortisol in saliva.
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Photonic crystal-based smart contact lens for continuous intraocular pressure monitoring

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01268K, Paper
Bohee Maeng, Hyung-kwan Chang, Jungyul Park
A powerless smart contact lens enabling to monitor intraocular pressure (IOP) by checking the visual color change in photonic crystal structure with a microhydraulic amplification system has been realized.
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Spatially isolated reactions in a complex array: using magnetic beads to purify and quantify nucleic acids with digital and quantitative real-time PCR in thousands of parallel microwells

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00069H, Paper
W. Hampton Henley, Nathan A. Siegfried, J. Michael Ramsey
Encoded beads carrying primer pairs for nucleic acid targets are used for sample preparation and multiplexed-in-space digital PCR quantification.
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Multiplexed homogeneous digital immunoassay based on single-particle motion analysis

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00079E, Paper
Kenji Akama, Hiroyuki Noji
Homogeneous digital immunoassay is a powerful analytical method for highly sensitive biomarker detection with a simple protocol. By using this method, we demonstrated the simultaneous multiple protein detection.
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In-air EIS sensor for in situ and real-time monitoring of in vitro epithelial cells under air-exposure

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01064E, Paper
Seungbeom Noh, Hanseup Kim
This paper reports in-air monitoring of in vitro monolayer cells under air-exposure utilizing electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
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Nanocrystal synthesis, μfluidic sample dilution and direct extraction of single emission linewidths in continuous flow

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00213E, Paper
Open Access
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Ioannis Lignos, Hendrik Utzat, Moungi G. Bawendi, Klavs F. Jensen
We present a flow-based system coupled with an optical interferometry setup for the extraction of single nanocrystal properties.
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Acoustic separation of living and dead cells using high density medium

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00175A, Paper
Open Access
Karl Olofsson, Björn Hammarström, Martin Wiklund
A novel, simple and robust route for binary separation of viable and dead cells using a density modified medium which takes advantage of the compromised cell membrane of dead cells.
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Bioinspired reconfiguration of 3D printed microfluidic hydrogels via automated manipulation of magnetic inks

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00280A, Communication
Amin Mansoorifar, Anthony Tahayeri, Luiz E. Bertassoni
We proposed a novel concept for reconfiguration of hydrogel microfluidic devices, where multiple fluidic pathways could be generated via reversible manipulation of magnetic inks.
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Capacitive Sensing of Triglyceride Film Reactions: A Proof-of-Concept Demonstration for Sensing in Simulated Duodenal Contents with Gastrointestinal Targeting Capsule System

Lab Chip, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00133C, Paper
George Banis, Luke Beardslee, Justin Stine, Rajendra Mayavan Sathyam, Reza Ghodssi
Ingestible capsule systems continue evolving to overcome drawbacks associated with traditional gastrointestinal (GI) diagnostic and therapeutic processes, such as location restrictions or insufficient sensitivity measures when obtaining information on local...
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Catalytic exchange of hydrogen isotopes intensified by two-phase stratified flow in wettability designable microchannels

Lab Chip, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00250J, Paper
Yuexiao Song, Feng Xin, Yongsheng Xu
This work develops a reliable method to achieve stratified flow in squared cross-section microchannels by endowing the four channel walls with very different wettabilities. The gas–liquid flows are studied experimentally...
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PRESCIENT: platform for the rapid evaluation of antibody success using integrated microfluidics enabled technology

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1628-1638
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01165J, Paper
Jose A. Wippold, Han Wang, Joseph Tingling, Julian L. Leibowitz, Paul de Figueiredo, Arum Han
Identifying antibodies (Abs) that neutralize infectious agents is the first step for developing therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostic tools for these infectious agents.
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Multiscale brain research on a microfluidic chip

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1531-1543
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01010F, Critical Review
Yanan Zhao, Utkan Demirci, Yun Chen, Pu Chen
We report recent progress in applying innovative microfluidic chip-based neurotechnologies to promote multiscale brain research across the hierarchical organizations from the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels up to the whole organism level.
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Auto-affitech: an automated ligand binding affinity evaluation platform using digital microfluidics with a bidirectional magnetic separation method

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1577-1585
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00024H, Paper
Jingjing Guo, Li Lin, Kaifeng Zhao, Yanling Song, Mengjiao Huang, Zhi Zhu, Leiji Zhou, Chaoyong Yang
An automated ligand binding affinity evaluation platform using digital microfluidics with a bidirectional magnetic separation method that reduces the bead loss.
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Microfluidic device to study flow-free chemotaxis of swimming cells

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1639-1647
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00045K, Paper
Nicolas Garcia-Seyda, Laurene Aoun, Victoria Tishkova, Valentine Seveau, Martine Biarnes-Pelicot, Marc Bajénoff, Marie-Pierre Valignat, Olivier Theodoly
Permeable agarose barriers allow flow-free gradient generation, applicable to adherent and non-adherent (swimming) cells, as well as co-culture experiments.
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Quantitatively controllable fluid flows with ballpoint-pen-printed patterns for programmable photo-paper-based microfluidic devices

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1601-1611
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00115E, Paper
Veasna Soum, Sooyong Park, Albertus Ivan Brilian, Jae-Youl Choi, Yongwoo Lee, Wonjung Kim, Oh-Sun Kwon, Kwanwoo Shin
A precise, simple, and inexpensive method for controlling fluid flow in a photo-paper-based microfluidic device was reported.
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Monitoring the two-dimensional concentration profile of toluene vapors by using polymer-stabilized nematic liquid crystals in microchannels

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1687-1693
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01021A, Paper
Zongdai Liu, Dan Luo, Kun-Lin Yang
The concentration of toluene vapor is obtained based on polymer-stabilized liquid crystals by viewing a colourful gamut under a polarized optical microscope.
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Hybrid paper and 3D-printed microfluidic device for electrochemical detection of Ag nanoparticle labels

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1648-1657
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00276C, Paper
Charuksha Walgama, Michael P. Nguyen, Lisa M. Boatner, Ian Richards, Richard M. Crooks
A hybrid paper/plastic microfluidic device for detection of Ag nanoparticle labels at concentrations as low as 12 pM.
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A microfluidic platform for functional testing of cancer drugs on intact tumor slices

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1658-1675
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC00811J, Paper
A. D. Rodriguez, L. F. Horowitz, K. Castro, H. Kenerson, N. Bhattacharjee, G. Gandhe, A. Raman, R. J. Monnat, R. Yeung, R. C. Rostomily, A. Folch
We have developed a digitally-manufacturable microfluidic platform that allows for multiplexed drug testing of intact tumor slices.
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Selective cell propagation via micropatterning of a thermally-activated hydrogel

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1544-1553
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC01230C, Communication
Jeffrey C. Y. Chiu, Joyce A. Teodoro, Jeong Hyun Lee, Kerryn Matthews, Simon P. Duffy, Hongshen Ma
Inverse gelation of methylcellulose enables hydrogel micropatterning to selectively propagate cells identified by microscopy.
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In-flow measurement of cell–cell adhesion using oscillatory inertial microfluidics

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1612-1620
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00089B, Paper
Baris R. Mutlu, Taronish Dubash, Claudius Dietsche, Avanish Mishra, Arzu Ozbey, Kevin Keim, Jon F. Edd, Daniel A. Haber, Shyamala Maheswaran, Mehmet Toner
Cell–cell adhesion strength of freely suspended cell clusters can be measured using an oscillatory inertial microfluidic system.
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3-Step flow focusing enables multidirectional imaging of bioparticles for imaging flow cytometry

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1676-1686
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00244E, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Andreas Kleiber, Anuradha Ramoji, Günter Mayer, Ute Neugebauer, Jürgen Popp, Thomas Henkel
The control of the focus plane allows multi-directional imaging flow cytometry.
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Matrix density drives 3D organotypic lymphatic vessel activation in a microfluidic model of the breast tumor microenvironment

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1586-1600
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00099J, Paper
Karina M. Lugo-Cintrón, José M. Ayuso, Bridget R. White, Paul M. Harari, Suzanne M. Ponik, David J. Beebe, Max M. Gong, María Virumbrales-Muñoz
Lymphatic organotypic in vitro model allows the examination of components of the tumor microenvironment (e.g., ECM density, cancer cells) in lymphatic vessel biology in the context of cancer, providing insights into potential therapeutic targets.
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Acoustic erythrocytometer for mechanically probing cell viscoelasticity

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9LC00999J, Paper
Open Access
A. Link, T. Franke
Novel microfluidic platform to determine the viscoelastic fingerprint of a red blood cell population using surface acoustic waves.
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Smartphone-based multiplex 30-minute nucleic acid test of live virus from nasal swab extract

Lab Chip, 2020, 20,1621-1627
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00304B, Paper
Fu Sun, Anurup Ganguli, Judy Nguyen, Ryan Brisbin, Krithika Shanmugam, David L. Hirschberg, Matthew B. Wheeler, Rashid Bashir, David M. Nash, Brian T. Cunningham
A 30-minute nucleic acid test for equine respiratory virus from nasal swab material, detected with a smartphone.
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Particle/cell separation using sheath-free deterministic lateral displacement arrays with inertially focused single straight input

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00354A, Paper
Naotomo Tottori, Takasi Nisisako
We propose sheath-free microfluidic deterministic lateral displacement devices with inertially focused single straight input.
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A high-throughput system combining microfluidic hydrogel droplets with deep learning for screening the antisolvent-crystallization conditions of active pharmaceutical ingredient

Lab Chip, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00153H, Paper
Zhening Su, Jinxu He, Peipei Zhou, Lu Huang, Jianhua Zhou
Crystallization of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is a crucial process in the pharmaceutical industry due to its great impact in drug efficacy. However, conventional approaches for screening the optimal crystallization...
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Evaluation of intercellular communication between breast cancer cells and adipose-derived stem cells via passive diffusion in a two-layer microfluidic device

Lab Chip, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00142B, Paper
Sharif M. Rahman, Joshua M. Campbell, Rachael N. Coates, Katie M. Render, C. Ethan Byrne, Elizabeth C. Martin, Adam T. Melvin
Breast cancer cells co-cultured with adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) in a microfluidic device exhibited enhanced growth, a more aggressive morphology and polarization towards the ASCs, and increased drug resistance.
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A Web-based Automated Machine Learning Platform to Analyze Liquid Biopsy Data

Lab Chip, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00096E, Paper
Hanfei Shen, Tony Liu, Jesse Cui, Piyush Borole, Ari Benjamin, Konrad Kording, David Issadore
Liquid biopsy (LB) technologies continue to improve in sensitivity, specificity, and multiplexing and can measure an ever growing library of disease biomarkers. However, clinical interpretation of the increasingly large sets...
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Liquid-liquid-liquid three-phase microsystem: hybrid slug flow-laminar flow

Lab Chip, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00292E, Communication
Tao Wang, Cong Xu
Liquid-liquid-liquid three-phase microfluidics provides abundant flow patterns and attractive characteristics that substantially extend the applications of liquid-liquid two-phase microfluidics. Although the manipulation of stable interfaces between adjacent liquid phases is...
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Picoliter Agar Droplet Breakup in Microfluidics Meets Microbiology Application: Numerical and Experimental Approaches

Lab Chip, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00300J, Paper
Asmaa Khater, Osama Abdelrehim, Mehdi Mohammadi, Milad Azarmanesh, Mohsen Jonmaleki, Razieh Salahandish, AbdulMajeed Mohamad, Amir Sanati Nezhad
Droplet microfluidics has provided lab-on-a-chip platforms with the capability of bacteria encapsulation in biomaterials, controlled culture environment, and live monitoring of growth and proliferation. The droplets are mainly generated from...
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Express Newslist: Mob kills man over beef rumours; 7/11 Mumbai blast sentencing




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7/11 Mumbai train blasts: 6 of the 12 convicts profiled




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Express Newslist: Mumbai blasts convict’s confession, India’s reply to Pak at UN, Mahesh Sharma on Dadri lynching




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Express Newslist: MHA’s ‘zero tolerance’ on Dadri Lynching, jawans killed in Kupwara encounter, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s new book,




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