State-of-the-Art Microfluidic Technology and Applications in North America
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 395
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: microfluidics; radiochemical synthesis; radiochemical analysis; automation; molecular imaging
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Special Issue Information
Though the journal Micromachines publishes state-of-the-art research from around the globe, efforts from North America are underrepresented, accounting for only 12% of authors in 2019. The purpose of this Special Issue of Micromachines is to encourage more submissions from North American researchers. The issue intends to showcase a wide range of cutting-edge microfluidic technologies and applications with the common theme that they are being developed in North America.
Research in microfluidics continues to grow because microfluidic techniques offer significant advantages over their conventional counterparts. These advantages include reduced sample and reagent consumption, shorter processing or analysis times, improved control over chemical/biochemical/material synthesis conditions, higher detection sensitivity, increased multiplexing or parallelism, and the ability to precisely manipulate and study living cells, organoids, or organisms.
The issue will encompass a wide range of aspects of microfluidics device technology and applications, including but not limited to the following areas:
- Microfluidic device architectures;
- Microfluidic fabrication methods and materials;
- Microfluidic sensors;
- Microfluidic actuators (valves, pumps, etc.);
- Integrated microfluidic systems;
- Applications of microfluidic technology (in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, materials, diagnostics, foresnsics, food safety, disease research, fluidic computation, etc.);
- Commercialization of microfluidic technologies.
Prof. R. Michael van Dam
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Micromachines is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Microfabrication
- 3D printing
- Microfluidic materials
- Microfluidics
- Lab-on-a-chip
- Microfluidic sensors
- Microvalves
- Micropumps
- Integrated microfluidic systems
- Microfluidic applications
