**Micro/Nano-Chip Electrokinetics, Volume III**

Editors

**Xiangchun Xuan Shizhi Qian**

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*Editors* Xiangchun Xuan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University USA

Shizhi Qian Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University USA

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### **Contents**



### **About the Editors**

**Xiangchun Xuan** is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. He obtained his PhD degree from University of Toronto in 2006 and his bachelor degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 1995. His research and teaching interests lie in the general area of thermal and fluid sciences, with a special emphasis on microfluidic devices.

**Shizhi Qian** is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Old Dominion University. He obtained his PhD degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2004 and his bachelor degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1994. His research and teaching interests include transport phenomena and colloidal science, with a special emphasis in micro and nanoscale applications.

### *Editorial* **Editorial for the Special Issue on Micro**/**Nano-Chip Electrokinetics, Volume III**

**Shizhi Qian 1,\* and Xiangchun Xuan <sup>2</sup>**


Received: 6 May 2020; Accepted: 6 May 2020; Published: 8 May 2020

With the support from contributors and the help from peer reviewers, the Special Issue on Micro/Nano-Chip Electrokinetics (Volume III) published fourteen regular research articles and one review article. Based on the involved electrokinetic phenomena, these papers can be classified into the following six groups as summarized below.


the resulting electro-pressure was utilized to tune liquid-lens. Liu and Liu [12] numerically investigated the EHD phenomena of sessile droplets on hydrophobic surfaces under non-uniform electric fields using the phase field method. They analyzed the dynamic behaviors of the electro-driven deformation and motion of water droplets in the oil phase.

(6) **Dielectrophoresis (DEP) (3 papers)**. Islam et al. [13] characterized the DEP response of *Candida albicans*, *Candida tropicalis* and *Candida parapsilosis* using 3D carbon microelectrodes. Peña et al. [14] demonstrated the first time use of insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) to study bacteriophages, possibly the most abundant and genetically diverse biological entities on earth. Yin et al. [15] integrated DEP and microstructure filtration to achieve multi-stage particle and cell separation.

We appreciate the contributors who submitted their articles to this Special Issue. We would like to thank many reviewers for taking time and effort to review manuscripts submitted to this Special Issue. We also acknowledge many assistant editors from Micromachines Editorial Office, and we could not have the third volume without their help and support. The first, second, and third volumes of the Special Issue on Micro/Nano-Chip Electrokinetics can be accessed through the following links:

### **Volume I**

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special\_issues/micro\_nano\_chip\_electrokinetics **Volume II**

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special\_issues/micro\_nano\_chip\_

### electrokinetics\_v2

### **Volume III**

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special\_issues/micro\_nano\_chip\_ electrokinetics\_v3

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.

### **References**


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