Dear Colleagues,
BioMEMS, in its wider acceptance, refers to any biomedical device that is partly or fully made using any microfabrication process and which therefore has at least one micrometric or submicrometric feature. Examples of bioMEMS devices include micropumps, lab-on-a-chip, organ-on-a-chip, DNA microarray, chemical sensor array, retina array, neuroMEMS, cell chips, etc.
The introduction of Clearblue, a paper-based pregnancy test, in the 1980s and, more importantly, the development of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) by George Whitesides’s group in the 1990s, which became the material of choice for rapid prototyping of microdevices for use with biological samples, gave a major boost to bioMEMS research. Today, the BioMEMS market continues to grow at an accelerated rate due to the increasing demand for homecare devices, in vitro diagnostics, and other wearable and implantable analytical systems.
In the biomedical field, miniaturized devices offer many advantages over conventional methods, including, among others, improved mass transfer and heat exchange, precise control of mixing, small sample size and reagent use, greater reliability and sensitivity, and lower manufacturing costs.
This Topical Collection covers research in diagnostic and therapeutic applications of bioMEMS and explores the design, characterization, modeling, and integration of microdevices with DNA, cells, and tissues.
Researchers are invited to submit original research papers, review articles, and short communications covering all aspects of bioMEMS, including but not limited to recent developments in the following areas:
- MEMS/NEMS for biomedical applications;
- Microfluidics and electrokinetics;
- Drug delivery devices;
- Wearable devices, implantable devices;
- Cell chips, cell-related studies;
- Organ-on-a-chip, Tissue microengineering;
- DNA amplification and detection;
- Diagnostics, physiological monitoring;
- Biosensors, bioelectronics;
- Wireless sensors, RF safety;
- Microactuators, micro-robots;
- Biocompatible materials, packaging.
We particularly encourage researchers to address and discuss the technical challenges associated with the development, manufacture, and testing of the different parts (actuators, sensors, materials, packaging, etc.) of bioMEMS devices.
Dr. Eric Chappel
Collection Editor
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