Active droplet sorting in microfluidics: a review

Nanoscale silicon surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: environment stability and activation by simple vacuum oven desiccation

(2016) Chia-Wen Tsao et al.   ANALYST

Highly Localized Acoustic Streaming and Size-Selective Submicrometer Particle Concentration Using High Frequency Microscale Focused Acoustic Fields

(2016) David J. Collins et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Detachable Acoustofluidic System for Particle Separation via a Traveling Surface Acoustic Wave

(2016) Zhichao Ma et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microfluidic droplet sorting using integrated bilayer micro-valves

(2016) Yuncong Chen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

AC electrified jets in a flow-focusing device: Jet length scaling

(2016) Elena Castro-Hernández et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Active droplet generation in microfluidics

(2016) Zhuang Zhi Chong et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

AC electric field induced droplet deformation in a microfluidic T-junction

(2016) Heng-Dong Xi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Highly focused high-frequency travelling surface acoustic waves (SAW) for rapid single-particle sorting

(2016) David J. Collins et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A novel viscoelastic-based ferrofluid for continuous sheathless microfluidic separation of nonmagnetic microparticles

(2016) Jun Zhang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Magnetic Suspension Array Technology: Controlled Synthesis and Screening in Microfluidic Networks

(2016) Gungun Lin et al.   Small

Magnetophoretic Sorting of Single Cell-Containing Microdroplets

(2016) Younggeun Jo et al.   Micromachines

Self-Aligned Interdigitated Transducers for Acoustofluidics

(2016) Zhichao Ma et al.   Micromachines

High-throughput screening of filamentous fungi using nanoliter-range droplet-based microfluidics

(2016) Thomas Beneyton et al.   Scientific Reports

High-throughput sorting of drops in microfluidic chips using electric capacitance

(2015) Arjen M. Pit et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Single-cell screening of photosynthetic growth and lactate production by cyanobacteria

(2015) Petter Hammar et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Radiation dominated acoustophoresis driven by surface acoustic waves

(2015) Jinhong Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Accurate microfluidic sorting of droplets at 30 kHz

(2015) Adam Sciambi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A versatile technology for droplet-based microfluidics: thermomechanical actuation

(2015) Vincent Miralles et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Hydrogel-droplet microfluidic platform for high-resolution imaging and sorting of early larval Caenorhabditis elegans

(2015) Guillaume Aubry et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustofluidic control of bubble size in microfluidic flow-focusing configuration

(2015) Zhuang Zhi Chong et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microfluidic plug steering using surface acoustic waves

(2015) Muhsincan Sesen et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Efficient cell pairing in droplets using dual-color sorting

(2015) Hongxing Hu et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet-based microfluidics at the femtolitre scale

(2015) Marie Leman et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microfluidic droplet handling by bulk acoustic wave (BAW) acoustophoresis

(2015) Ivo Leibacher et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Breakup length of AC electrified jets in a microfluidic flow-focusing junction

(2015) Elena Castro-Hernández et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Digital microfluidics chip with integrated intra-droplet magnetic bead manipulation

(2015) L. Chen et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Selective handling of droplets in a microfluidic device using magnetic rails

(2015) Bruno Teste et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

The patterning mechanism of carbon nanotubes using surface acoustic waves: the acoustic radiation effect or the dielectrophoretic effect

(2015) Zhichao Ma et al.   Nanoscale

Microfluidic droplet enrichment for targeted sequencing

(2015) Dennis J. Eastburn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Microfluidic screening and whole-genome sequencing identifies mutations associated with improved protein secretion by yeast

(2015) Mingtao Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acoustic separation of circulating tumor cells

(2015) Peng Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A microfluidic electrostatic separator based on pre-charged droplets

(2015) Lang Rao et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Selective droplet sampling using a minimum number of horizontal pneumatic actuators in a high aspect ratio and highly flexible PDMS device

(2015) Dong Hyun Yoon et al.   RSC Advances

One-step fabrication of 3D silver paste electrodes into microfluidic devices for enhanced droplet-based cell sorting

(2015) Lang Rao et al.   AIP Advances

CotA laccase: high-throughput manipulation and analysis of recombinant enzyme libraries expressed in E. coli using droplet-based microfluidics

(2014) Thomas Beneyton et al.   ANALYST

Magnetic Droplet Manipulation Platforms for Nucleic Acid Detection at the Point of Care

(2014) Dong Jin Shin et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Microfluidic pumping through miniaturized channels driven by ultra-high frequency surface acoustic waves

(2014) Richie J. Shilton et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Adjustable, rapidly switching microfluidic gradient generation using focused travelling surface acoustic waves

(2014) Ghulam Destgeer et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A high-throughput cellulase screening system based on droplet microfluidics

(2014) Raluca Ostafe et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Droplet-Based Microfluidics Platform for Ultra-High-Throughput Bioprospecting of Cellulolytic Microorganisms

(2014) Majdi Najah et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

On-demand control of microfluidic flow via capillary-tuned solenoid microvalve suction

(2014) Qiang Zhang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Submicron separation of microspheres via travelling surface acoustic waves

(2014) Ghulam Destgeer et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Sorting drops and cells with acoustics: acoustic microfluidic fluorescence-activated cell sorter

(2014) Lothar Schmid et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Circle-to-circle amplification on a digital microfluidic chip for amplified single molecule detection

(2014) Malte Kühnemund et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microfluidic flow-focusing in ac electric fields

(2014) Say Hwa Tan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Generating electric fields in PDMS microfluidic devices with salt water electrodes

(2014) Adam Sciambi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Frequency effects on the scale and behavior of acoustic streaming

(2014) Michael B. Dentry et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Cell separation using tilted-angle standing surface acoustic waves

(2014) X. Ding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydrodynamic on-rail droplet pass filter for fully passive sorting of droplet-phase samples

(2014) Dong Hyun Yoon et al.   RSC Advances

The Microfluidic Jukebox

(2014) Say Hwa Tan et al.   Scientific Reports

Particle Deflection in a Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Microchannel Using a Propagating Surface Acoustic Wave: Size and Frequency Dependence

(2013) Viktor Skowronek et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

An On-Chip, Multichannel Droplet Sorter Using Standing Surface Acoustic Waves

(2013) Sixing Li et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Separation of Escherichia coli Bacteria from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Using Standing Surface Acoustic Waves

(2013) Ye Ai et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics

(2013) Leslie Y. Yeo et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Encapsulation of single cells on a microfluidic device integrating droplet generation with fluorescence-activated droplet sorting

(2013) Liang Wu et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Surface acoustic wave microfluidics

(2013) Xiaoyun Ding et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

SAW-controlled drop size for flow focusing

(2013) Lothar Schmid et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

On-chip magnetic separation and encapsulation of cells in droplets

(2013) Aaron Chen et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Surface acoustic waves for on-demand production of picoliter droplets and particle encapsulation

(2013) David J. Collins et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Continuous separation of particles in a PDMS microfluidic channel via travelling surface acoustic waves (TSAW)

(2013) Ghulam Destgeer et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Real-time image processing for label-free enrichment of Actinobacteria cultivated in picolitre droplets

(2013) Emerson Zang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Electrostatic potential wells for on-demand drop manipulation in microchannels

(2013) Riëlle de Ruiter et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

High-throughput screening for industrial enzyme production hosts by droplet microfluidics

(2013) Staffan L. Sjostrom et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Single-cell analysis and sorting using droplet-based microfluidics

(2013) Linas Mazutis et al.   Nature Protocols

Magnetoresistive Emulsion Analyzer

(2013) Gungun Lin et al.   Scientific Reports

Active and Precise Control of Microdroplet Division Using Horizontal Pneumatic Valves in Bifurcating Microchannel

(2013) Dong Yoon et al.   Micromachines

Digital Microfluidics

(2012) Kihwan Choi et al.   Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Density-dependent separation of encapsulated cells in a microfluidic channel by using a standing surface acoustic wave

(2012) Jeonghun Nam et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Picoliter Cell Lysate Assays in Microfluidic Droplet Compartments for Directed Enzyme Evolution

(2012) Balint Kintses et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Microfluidic droplet sorting with a high frequency ultrasound beam

(2012) Changyang Lee et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Tunable patterning of microparticles and cells using standing surface acoustic waves

(2012) Xiaoyun Ding et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet sorting based on the number of encapsulated particles using a solenoid valve

(2012) Zhenning Cao et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Passive droplet sorting using viscoelastic flow focusing

(2012) Andrew C. Hatch et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet translocation by focused surface acoustic waves

(2012) Ye Ai et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Functional single-cell hybridoma screening using droplet-based microfluidics

(2012) B. E. Debs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On-demand electrostatic droplet charging and sorting

(2011) Byungwook Ahn et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Development of a microfluidic cell-based biosensor integrating a millisecond chemical pulse generator

(2011) Jian Sun et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Spheres in the vicinity of a bifurcation: elucidating the Zweifach–Fung effect

(2011) V. DOYEUX et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Three-dimensional continuous particle focusing in a microfluidic channel via standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW)

(2011) Jinjie Shi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet size based separation by deterministic lateral displacement—separating droplets by cell-induced shrinking

(2011) Haakan N. Joensson et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Combining rails and anchors with laser forcing for selective manipulation within 2D droplet arrays

(2011) Etienne Fradet et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Surfactants in droplet-based microfluidics

(2011) Jean-Christophe Baret   LAB ON A CHIP

Numerical and experimental investigations of the formation process of ferrofluid droplets

(2011) Jing Liu et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Generation and manipulation of monodispersed ferrofluid emulsions: The effect of a uniform magnetic field in flow-focusing and T-junction configurations

(2011) Say Hwa Tan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Trapping Microfluidic Drops in Wells of Surface Energy

(2011) Rémi Dangla et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Hydrodynamic gating valve for microfluidic fluorescence-activated cell sorting

(2010) Pu Chen et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Droplet microfluidics with magnetic beads: a new tool to investigate drug–protein interactions

(2010) Dario Lombardi et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microfluidic sorting with high-speed single-layer membrane valves

(2010) Adam R. Abate et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Droplet electric separator microfluidic device for cell sorting

(2010) Feng Guo et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Advanced microfluidic droplet manipulation based on piezoelectric actuation

(2010) Jonathan Shemesh et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Oxygen plasma treatment for reducing hydrophobicity of a sealed polydimethylsiloxane microchannel

(2010) Say Hwa Tan et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Review Article—Dielectrophoresis: Status of the theory, technology, and applications

(2010) Ronald Pethig   Biomicrofluidics

Stimuli-responsive magnetic particles for biomedical applications

(2010) S.F. Medeiros et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Formation and manipulation of ferrofluid droplets at a microfluidicT-junction

(2010) Say-Hwa Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Hydrodynamic gating for sample introduction on a microfluidic chip

(2010) Pu Chen et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Rails and anchors: guiding and trapping droplet microreactors in two dimensions

(2010) Paul Abbyad et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Magnetowetting and Sliding Motion of a Sessile Ferrofluid Droplet in the Presence of a Permanent Magnet

(2010) Nam-Trung Nguyen et al.   LANGMUIR

Droplet displacements and oscillations induced by ultrasonic surface acoustic waves: A quantitative study

(2010) P. Brunet et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Ultrahigh-throughput screening in drop-based microfluidics for directed evolution

(2010) J. J. Agresti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of rare progenitor cells from human periosteal tissue using droplet microfluidics

(2009) Monpichar Srisa-Art et al.   ANALYST

On-Chip Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting by an Integrated Miniaturized Ultrasonic Transducer

(2009) Linda Johansson et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Electroporation of Cells in Microfluidic Droplets

(2009) Yihong Zhan et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Concurrent droplet charging and sorting by electrostatic actuation

(2009) Byungwook Ahn et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Laser microfluidics: fluid actuation by light

(2009) Jean-Pierre Delville et al.  

Thermally mediated control of liquid microdroplets at a bifurcation

(2009) Yit-Fatt Yap et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) directed droplet flow in microfluidics for PDMS devices

(2009) Thomas Franke et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Towards a human-on-chip: Culturing multiple cell types on a chip with compartmentalized microenvironments

(2009) Chi Zhang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Continuous particle separation in a microfluidic channel via standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW)

(2009) Jinjie Shi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

On-chip manipulation of continuous picoliter-volume superparamagnetic droplets using a magnetic force

(2009) Kai Zhang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustic tweezers: patterning cells and microparticles using standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW)

(2009) Jinjie Shi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Fluorescence-activated droplet sorting (FADS): efficient microfluidic cell sorting based on enzymatic activity

(2009) Jean-Christophe Baret et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Laser-Induced Force on a Microfluidic Drop: Origin and Magnitude

(2009) Emilie Verneuil et al.   LANGMUIR

Non-coalescence of oppositely charged drops

(2009) W. D. Ristenpart et al.   NATURE

Piezoelectric ultrasonic micro/milli-scale actuators

(2009) B. Watson et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Single-layer membrane valves for elastomeric microfluidic devices

(2008) A. R. Abate et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Laser switching and sorting for high speed digital microfluidics

(2008) Matthieu Robert de Saint Vincent et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Thermally controlled droplet formation in flow focusing geometry: formation regimes and effect of nanoparticle suspension

(2008) Say-Hwa Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Temperature dependence of interfacial properties and viscosity of nanofluids for droplet-based microfluidics

(2008) S M Sohel Murshed et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Digital microfluidics for cell-based assays

(2008) Irena Barbulovic-Nad et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A polymer lab-on-a-chip for reverse transcription (RT)-PCR based point-of-care clinical diagnostics

(2008) Soo Hyun Lee et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet microfluidics

(2008) Shia-Yen Teh et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Manipulation of gel emulsions by variable microchannel geometry

(2008) Enkhtuul Surenjav et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Continuous and Size-Dependent Sorting of Emulsion Droplets Using Hydrodynamics in Pinched Microchannels

(2008) Hirosuke Maenaka et al.   LANGMUIR

Microdroplet formation of water and nanofluids in heat-induced microfluidic T-junction

(2008) S. M. Sohel Murshed et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics