Microfluidics for Label-Free Particle Sorting and Characterisation

Dear Colleagues,

Label-free particle sorting and characterisation has come to the fore within the microfluidics arena owing to the outstanding control over fluid dynamics offered by laminar flow and its underlying phenomena. Indeed, many phenomena are faster at the microscale and a smaller scale also typically leads to an increased magnitude of applied external forces as occurs in dielectrophoresis or magnetophoresis. Label-free sorting is particularly important when the sorted particles are intended for further downstream analysis or use in, e.g., tissue engineering, regenerative medicine or other therapeutic applications. Label-free sorting or phenotyping is commonly based on intrinsic particle properties including their size, shape, deformability, dielectric and acoustic properties, among others. This can also be invaluable for point of care diagnostics where resources are limited and/or complex equipment is not available.

This Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, communications and review articles that focus on: i) the development of new strategies and device designs for particle sorting using microfluidics; ii) new applications of label-free particle sorting aiming towards cell enrichment for regenerative medicine or other therapeutics; and iii) applications of particle sorting aiming towards the enrichment of cells, bacteria, viral particles, extracellular vesicles, DNA or other biological and nonbiological particles for diagnostics, drug development studies, and further research.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Dr. Miguel Xavier
Dr. Carlos Honrado
Dr. Jason P. Beech
Guest Editors

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