Micro-/Nanofluidic and Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Biomedical Applications, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 127
Special Issue Editors
Interests: numerical modeling and optimization; two-phase flow; CFD modelling
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2. LABBELS–Associate Laboratory, Braga, Portugal
Interests: biomicrofluidics; nanomedicine; microfluidic devices; organ-on-a-chip; biosensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, microfluidic, nanofluidic, and lab-on-a-chip devices have gained particular attention in biomedical applications. Due to their advantages, such as miniaturization, versatility, ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and the potential to replace animal models for drug development and testing, these devices hold tremendous potential to revolutionize the research on more effective treatments for several diseases that threaten human life. With integrated biosensors, these devices allow the development and design of micro- and nanoparticles to be studied in detail, modelling human physiology, investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying disease formation and progression, and gaining insights into the performance and long-term effects of responsive drug delivery nanocarriers.
This Special Issue seeks to gather research papers, and review articles focusing on novel microfluidic, nanofluidic and lab-on-a-chip devices for biomedical applications, addressing all steps related to fabrication, biosensor integration and development, characterization, numerical simulations and validation of the devices, optimization and, if possible, the translation of these devices from research labs to industry settings.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Senhorinha de Fátima Capela Fortunas Teixeira
Dr. Diana Pinho
Guest Editors
Violeta Carvalho
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- micro- and nanofluidics
- lab-on-a-chip
- biosensing
- nanoparticles
- drug delivery systems
- 3D organ models
- nanotechnology
- numerical simulations
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