Micro/Nanoscale Electrokinetics

Dear Colleagues,

Micro/nanofluidic chips have found increasing applications in the analysis of chemical and biological samples over the past two decades. Electrokinetics has become the method of choice in these micro/nanochips for transporting, manipulating and sensing ions, (bio)molecules, fluids and (bio)particles, etc., due to the high maneuverability, scalability, sensitivity, and integrability. The involved phenomena, which cover electro-osmosis, electrophoresis, dielectrophoresis, electrohydrodynamics, electrothermal flow, diffusioosmosis, diffusiophoresis, streaming potential, current, etc., arise from either the inherent or the induced surface charge of the solid–liquid interface under DC and/or AC electric fields. To review the state-of-the-art of micro/nanochip electrokinetics, this Topical Collection of Micromachines welcomes all original research or review articles on the fundamentals and applications of any electrokinetic phenomena in both microfluidic and nanofluidic devices.

Prof. Dr. Xiangchun Xuan
Collection Editor

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• electrokinetics
• micro/nanofluidics
• electroosmosis
• electrophoresis
• diffusioosmosis
• diffusiophoresis
• streaming potential/current
• dielectrophoresis
• induced charge electrokinetics
• electrical sensing