Abstract
This chapter reviews typical types of flow control mechanisms developed for microfluidic lab-on-chip (LOC) platforms and used for hand-held point-of-care testing and table-top high-throughput analysis. The typical LOC platforms include pressure-driven, capillary-driven, electrokinetic-driven, centrifugal-driven, droplet-based, and electrowetting-based LOC. In each section, their working principles, basic unit operations, and selected applications will be focused. The chapter then discusses future trends in recent research and development of the LOC platform technology.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | MEMS for Biomedical Applications |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 150-171 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780857091291 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Keywords
- Capillary-driven microfluidics
- Centrifugal driven microfluidics
- Droplet-based microfluidics
- Electrokinetic-driven microfluidics
- Electrowetting-based microfluidics
- Pressure-driven microfluidics
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