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Microfluidics: an emerging technology for food and health science
Author(s) -
Lin Gisela,
Lee Abraham P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05269.x
Subject(s) - workflow , miniaturization , microfluidics , data science , key (lock) , emerging technologies , nanotechnology , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , biochemical engineering , engineering , business , computer security , materials science , database
Microfluidics is an emerging technology with the potential to streamline workflows and processes in the food and health sciences. Because of extreme miniaturization, less reagent consumption and more efficient sample‐to‐answer protocols are not only attainable but in many cases demonstrated. In this article, we present some key examples of relevant research at the Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus (MF3) Center that has direct applications in food, environmental, and physiological health monitoring.