Microdevices and Microsystems for Cell Manipulation
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2017) | Viewed by 130780
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microfluidics; MEMS; microrobotics; liquid–metal electronics
Interests: medical robotics; reconfigurable mechanical systems in millimeter scale; automation in bio-medical analysis; MEMS; microfluidics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microfabricated devices and systems capable of micromanipulation are well-suited for the manipulation of cells. These technologies are capable of a variety of functions, including cell trapping, cell sorting, cell culturing, and cell surgery, often at single-cell or sub-cellular resolution. These functionalities are achieved through a variety of mechanisms, including mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, and thermal forces. The operations that these microdevices and microsystems enable are relevant to many areas of biomedical research, including tissue engineering, cellular therapeutics, drug discovery, and diagnostics. This Special Issue will highlight recent advances in the field of cellular manipulation. Technologies capable of parallel single-cell manipulation are of special interest.
Prof. Dr. Aaron T. Ohta
Dr. Wenqi Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microfluidics
- optofluidics
- lab-on-a-chip
- single-cell manipulation
- single-cell analysis
- cell trapping
- cell sorting
- molecular delivery
- transfection
- cell lysis
- automation