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Cover Picture: Surface‐Tension‐Confined Microfluidics and Their Applications (ChemPhysChem 3/2013)
Author(s) -
You Inseong,
Yun Nayeon,
Lee Haeshin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201390010
Subject(s) - microfluidics , surface tension , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics
Surface‐tension‐confined microfluidics (STCM) has become a rapidly emerging research area. STCM utilizes surface tension (i.e. energy) to control movement of streams or droplets of liquid. Thus, STCM typically operates on a 2D platform rather than in 3D. This evolution of microfulidics from 3D to 2D platforms opens new opportunities in applications as well as the physical chemistry of surfaces, as reviewed by H. Lee et al. on p. 471.