Small Chips, Big Ocean: Recent Trends in Microfluidic Technology for Marine Environmental Monitoring DOI
Qing Yu, Yunning Wang, Junsheng Wang

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Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. e00264 - e00264

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Artificial Intelligence-Based Microfluidic Platform for Detecting Contaminants in Water: A Review DOI Creative Commons
Yihao Zhang, Jiaxuan Li, Zhou Yu

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Sensors, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(13), P. 4350 - 4350

Published: July 4, 2024

Water pollution greatly impacts humans and ecosystems, so a series of policies have been enacted to control it. The first step in performing is detect contaminants the water. Various methods proposed for water quality testing, such as spectroscopy, chromatography, electrochemical techniques. However, traditional testing require utilization laboratory equipment, which large not suitable real-time field. Microfluidic devices can overcome limitations instruments become an efficient convenient tool analysis. At same time, artificial intelligence ideal means recognizing, classifying, predicting data obtained from microfluidic systems. based on machine learning are being developed with great significance next generation monitoring This review begins brief introduction algorithms involved materials used fabrication detection techniques platforms. Then, latest research development combining two pollutant bodies, including heavy metals, pesticides, micro- nanoplastics, microalgae, mainly introduced. Finally, challenges encountered future directions industrial chips discussed.

Language: Английский

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Recent Advances in Polymer Science and Fabrication Processes for Enhanced Microfluidic Applications: An Overview DOI Creative Commons
María Alexandre-Franco, Rahmani Kouider, Raúl Kassir Al-Karany

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Micromachines, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(9), P. 1137 - 1137

Published: Sept. 6, 2024

This review explores significant advancements in polymer science and fabrication processes that have enhanced the performance broadened application scope of microfluidic devices. Microfluidics, essential biotechnology, medicine, chemical engineering, relies on precise fluid manipulation micrometer-sized channels. Recent innovations materials, such as flexible, biocompatible, structurally robust polymers, been pivotal developing advanced systems. Techniques like replica molding, microcontact printing, solvent-assisted injection 3D printing are examined, highlighting their advantages recent developments. Additionally, discusses diverse applications polymer-based devices biomedical diagnostics, drug delivery, organ-on-chip models, environmental monitoring, industrial processes. paper also addresses future challenges, including enhancing resistance, achieving multifunctionality, ensuring biocompatibility, scaling up production. By overcoming these potential for widespread adoption impactful use technologies can be realized.

Language: Английский

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Capillary-flow driven microfluidic sensor based on tyrosinase for fast user-friendly assessment of pesticide exposures DOI Creative Commons
Claire E. Hefner, Prakash Aryal, Eric Brack

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The Analyst, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Assessment of pesticide exposure using a fast-flow capillary device (created with Bio.Render.com).

Language: Английский

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Advancements and challenges in microfluidic paper-based analytical devices: design, manufacturing, sustainability, and field applications DOI Creative Commons
Prakash Aryal, Charles S. Henry

Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: Dec. 20, 2024

Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs) have gained significant attention in science and technology due to their numerous advantages over traditional techniques, including cost-effectiveness, miniaturization, sustainability. µPADs are widely used point-of-care diagnostics, health monitoring, environmental detection, food safety, forensics, security. Since the first report 2007, there been substantial advancements fabrication detection methods, applications. Over years, efforts made improve manufacturing scalability, user-friendliness, sustainability of µPADs. In this review, we explore general trends fabrication, sensing applications µPADs, highlighting key improvements innovations. We also examine eco-friendliness present real-world success stories from field studies citizen initiatives. Additionally, address challenges associated with transitioning lab field. Finally, outlook for propose strategies usefulness various fields.

Language: Английский

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Discussion: Embracing microfluidics to advance environmental science and technology DOI
Jibo Dou, Zhugen Yang, Baljit Singh

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 937, P. 173597 - 173597

Published: May 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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Microfluidics for morpholomics and spatial omics applications DOI Creative Commons
Nishanth Venugopal Menon, Jeeyeon Lee, Tao Tang

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Lab on a Chip, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Created in BioRender. Menon, N. (2025). https://www.BioRender.com/l48m487.

Language: Английский

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Basic structure composition of paper-based sensors DOI
Xiaobo Zhang,

Fengya Wang,

Xiuwen Wang

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Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 143 - 198

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Dielectrophoresis-Enhanced Microfluidic Device with Membrane Filter for Efficient Microparticle Concentration and Optical Detection DOI Creative Commons

Young-Ho Nam,

Seungki Lee, Jae Hyoung Park

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Micromachines, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 158 - 158

Published: Jan. 29, 2025

This paper presents a novel microfluidic device that integrates dielectrophoresis (DEP) forces with membrane filter to concentrate and trap microparticles in narrow region for enhanced optical analysis. The combines the broad particle capture capability of precision DEP focus particles regions optimized measurements. features transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) top electrodes on glass substrate gold (Au) bottom patterned small area filter, spacers control gaps between electrodes. configuration enables precise concentration at specific location facilitates real-time detection. Experiments using 0.8 μm fluorescent polystyrene (PS) beads Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria demonstrated effective trapping concentration, fluorescence intensity increasing proportionally concentration. application resulted significant enhancement intensity, showcasing effectiveness DEP-enhanced design improving measurement sensitivity. also showed promising potential bacterial detection, particularly E. coli, by achieving linear increase These results highlight device's efficient microparticle

Language: Английский

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Power-law rheology on mass transport of neutral solute induced by mixed electroosmotic flow through rough microtube with porous wall DOI
Ajay Kumar, Himanshu Gupta,

Onkar Ghangrekar

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Physics of Fluids, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 37(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

In this work, the mass transport properties of a neutral solute in rough microtube with porous wall under combined influence both pressure and electric fields for non-Newtonian power-law fluids are examined. This investigation explores effect various roughness patterns, such as sinusoidal, triangular, rectangular, well different flow behavior indices, on behavior. The Poisson–Boltzmann equation, Cauchy momentum species conservation equation were solved computationally profiles to assess distribution potential, velocity, concentration fields. Higher relative amplitude (δ = 0.1) wavenumber (λ 12) reduced average cross-sectional velocity by 31% dilatant solution, leading improved permeation. parameters λ) index (n) permeation flux was quantified. For case, enhanced employing triangular compared smooth 19%, 9%, 8% assisting 16%, 13%, 11% opposing flow. fact, highest effectiveness (ξ) delivery observed fluid rectangular It is anticipated that results study will provide valuable insights design specialized drug systems using microfluidic channels contribute better understanding nutrient physiological systems.

Language: Английский

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Microfluidics for the biological analysis of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles: Perspectives and challenges DOI Creative Commons
Mark D. Tarn, Kirsty J. Shaw, Polly B. Foster

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Biomicrofluidics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 19(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Atmospheric ice-nucleating particles (INPs) make up a vanishingly small proportion of atmospheric aerosol but are key to triggering the freezing supercooled liquid water droplets, altering lifetime and radiative properties clouds having substantial impact on weather climate. However, INPs notoriously difficult model due lack information their global sources, sinks, concentrations, activity, necessitating development new instrumentation for quantifying characterizing in rapid automated manner. Microfluidic technology has been increasingly adopted by ice nucleation research groups recent years as means performing droplet analysis INPs, enabling measurement hundreds or thousands droplets per experiment at temperatures down homogeneous water. The potential microfluidics extends far beyond this, with an entire toolbox bioanalytical separation detection techniques developed over 30 medical applications. Such methods could easily be adapted biological biogenic INP revolutionize field, example, identification quantification bacteria fungi. Combined miniaturized sampling techniques, we can envisage deployment microfluidic sample-to-answer platforms automated, user-friendly field that would enable greater understanding seasonal activity. Here, review various components such platform incorporate highlight feasibility, challenges, endeavor, from assays separations bioanalysis.

Language: Английский

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