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Recent Progress of Microfluidics in Translational Applications
Author(s) -
Liu Zongbin,
Han Xin,
Qin Lidong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201600009
Subject(s) - microfluidics , nanotechnology , flexibility (engineering) , microfluidic chip , materials science , statistics , mathematics
Microfluidics, featuring microfabricated structures, is a technology for manipulating fluids at the micrometer scale. The small dimension and flexibility of microfluidic systems are ideal for mimicking molecular and cellular microenvironment, and show great potential in translational research and development. Here, the recent progress of microfluidics in biological and biomedical applications, including molecular analysis, cellular analysis, and chip‐based material delivery and biomimetic design is presented. The potential future developments in the translational microfluidics field are also discussed.