Microfluidic Biosensing Platform, Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

The integration of microfluidic platforms and biosensing technologies is a rapidly developing field with major applications towards in-vitro diagnostic devices. This is of the utmost importance in healthcare, where early and accurate diagnosis, especially as point-of-care (PoC), without expert intervention, can affect the course of the treatment. In other words, the combination of these technologies at the bedside or even at home, away from centralized care facilities, can result in equality in access to healthcare even in remote areas, resource-limited settings, or under infrastructure shortfalls.

Replacing single-analyte measurements with multiplexing microsystems also allows for the simultaneous measurement of several biological analytes in a controllable environment with a reduced amount of analytes, in a shorter time and at a lower price.

In brief, these technologies provide a patient-centered care approach, making personalized screening, diagnosis, and prognostic assessments possible at decreased turnaround time, reduced cost, and real-time response.

This Special Issue is a research forum covering recent development and innovations in microfluidic-based biosensors and in-vitro diagnostics with various applications, as well as new fabrication and integration technologies relevant to biosensing and actuation. Researchers working in a wide range of disciplines are invited to contribute research papers, short communications, or reviews that include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Multiplexed bioassays/sensor arrays, including electrochemical, optical, magnetic, and other transduction types;
• Novel microfluidic-based biosensing concepts, mechanisms, and detection principles;
• Lab-on-a-chip and other biochips and microarray systems;
• Low-cost diagnostics;
• Wearable biosensors;
• Advances in instrumentation (including 3D printing, scaffold-based biomimetic systems, Micro total analysis systems (μTAS)).

Dr. Patricia Khashayar
Guest Editor

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• biosensors
• lab-on-chip
• microfluidics
• nanotechnology
• in-vitro diagnostics
• point of care
• diagnostics