Microfluidic & flow control publications

Fluigent MFCS systems are market proven, used to publish in the top leading journals in different microfluidic research areas. As proof of evidence and reliability, you can find below some of the publications in which Fluigent systems have demonstrated their performances as flow controller:

Microfluidic droplets manipulations

“ The system allowed the precise generation of on-demand droplets trains, thus enabling to start and stop drop formation in both junction by adjusting, simultaneously, the pressure of the phases.” from “ A microdroplet-based shift register ”, M. Zagnoni and J. M. Cooper, Lab chip , vol. 10, number 22, 11/2010

“ Detection of microdroplet size and speed using capacitive sensors ”, C. Elbukena, T. Glawdela, D. Chana and C. L. Ren, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2011

“ Microfluidic Formation of Ionically Cross-Linked Polyamine Gels ”, G. C. Kini, J. Lai, M. S. Wong and S. L. Biswal, Langmuir, 26, 2010

“ Droplet-based microfluidic system for multicellular tumor spheroid formation and anticancer drug testing ”, L. Yu, M. C. W. Chen and K. C. Cheung, Lab Chip,  vol. 10, 2010

“ Droplet breakup in microfluidic T-junctions at small capillary numbers ”, M.-C. Jullien, M.-J. Tsan Mui Ching, C. Cohen, L. Menetrier, P. Tabeling, Physics of fluids 21, 2009

“ Active connectors for microfluidic drops on demand ”, J.-C. Galas, D. Bartolo and V. Studer, New Journal of Physics 11, 2009

“ A “dry and wet hybrid” lithography technique for multilevel replication templates: Applications to microfluidic neuron culture and two-phase global mixing ”, D. Paul, L. Saias, J.-C. Pedinotti, M. Chabert, S. Magnifico, A. Pallandre, B. De Lambert, C. Houdayer, B. Brugg,  J.-M. Peyrin and J.-L. Viovy, Biomicrofluidics 5

“ Analysis of gene expression at the single-cell level using microdroplet-based microfluidic technology ”, P. Mary, L. Dauphinot, N. Bois, M.-C. Potier, V. Studer and P. Tabeling, Biomicrofluidics 5

Particules and cells manipulations in microfluidic systems

“Chromatographic behavior of single cells in a microchannel with dynamic geometry”, T. Gerhardt, S. Woob and H. Ma, Lab Chip, 2011, 11

“Separation of parasites from human blood using deterministic lateral displacement”, S. H. Holm, J. P. Beech, M. P. Barrett and J. O. Tegenfeldt, Lab Chip, 2011, 11

“Microfluidics and complex fluids”, P. Nghe, E. Terriac, M. Schneider, Z. Z. Li, M. Cloitre, B. Abecassis and P. Tabeling, Lab Chip, 11, 2011,

“Microfluidic sorting and multimodal typing of cancer cells in self-assembled magnetic arrays”, P. Vielh, L. Malaquin, J.-L. Viovy, PNAS U S A. 2010 August 17

“ Particle deposition from polydisperse suspensions in microfluidic devices”, B. Mustin, B Stoeber, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol. 9, Issue 4-5, 2010

“ Lab-on-Chip for fast 3D particle tracking in living cells”, H. Hajjoul, S. Kocanova, I. Lassadi, K. Bystricky and A. Bancaud, Lab Chip, 2009, 9

" Macroscopic-scale carbon nanotube alignment via self-assembly in lyotropic liquid crystals ”, S. Schymura, E. Enz, S. Roth, G. Scalia, J.P.F. Lagerwall, Synthetic metals, Vol. 159, Issues 21-22,  11/2009

“ Sensing DNA-coatings of microparticles using micropipettes ”, L. J. Steinbock; G. Stober; U. F Keyser, Biosensors & bioelectronics, Vol.24, Issue 8, 04/2009

“ Modeling of colloidal transport in capillaries particules ”, G. Stober, L. Steinbock, U. F.  Keyser, Journal of Applied Physics, 105 Issue 8, 04/2009

“Analysis of gene expression at the single-cell level using microdroplet-based microfluidic technology”, P. Mary, L. Dauphinot, N. Bois, M.-C. Potier, V. Studer and P. Tabeling, BIOMICROFLUIDICS 5

Microfluidics applications in Physics

“ SU8 diaphragm micropump with monolithically integrated cantilever check valves ”, A. Ezkerra, L. J. Fernández, K. Mayora and J. M. R.-López, Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 3320-3325

“ A highly integrated vertical SU8 valve for stepwise in-series reactions ”, V. Calvo, A. Ezkerra, J. Elizalde, L. J. Fernández, J. Berganzo, K. Mayora, J. M. Ruano-López, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 21, Issue 6, 2011

“ Microfluidic anodization of aluminum films for the fabrication of nanoporous lipid bilayer support structures ”, J. Bhattacharya, A.Kisner, A. Offenhäusser and B. Wolfrum, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. , 2, 2011

“ Fabrication and testing of a SU-8 thermal flow sensor ”, R. Vilares, C. Hunter, I. Ugarte, I. Aranburu, J. Berganzo, J. Elizalde and L.J. Fernandez, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol.147, Issue 2, 2010

“ Design, modeling and characterization of microfluidic architectures for high flow rate, small footprint microfluidic systems”, L. Saias, J. Autebert, L.Malaquin and J.-L. Viovy, Lab Chip 2010

“ Enzyme-Free Sugar Sensing in Microfluidic Channels with an Affinity-Based Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Sensor ”, A. Vlandas, T. Kurkina, A. Ahmad, K. Kern and K. Balasubramanian, Anal. Chem., 2010

” Moving temporary wall in microfluidic devices ”, V. Bazargan; B. Stoeber, Physical Review E 2008

Microfluidic applications in Chemistry

“ Norland optical adhesive (NOA81) microchannels with adjustable wetting behavior and high chemical resistance against a range of mid-infrared-transparent organic solvents ”, P. Wägli, A.Homsy, N.F.deRooij, Sensors and Actuators B, 2011

“ A dielectrophoretic continuous flow sorter using integrated microelectrodes coupled to a channel constriction ”, S. Salomon, T. Leichlé, L. Nicu, Electrophoresis, volume 32, Issue 12, June 2011,

“ Nanocavity Redox Cycling Sensors for the Detection of Dopamine Fluctuations in Microfluidic Gradients ”, E. K. Telh, B. Hofmann, S. G. Lemay, M. A. G. Zevenbergen, A. Offenh usser, and B. Wolfrum, Anal. Chem., 82, 2010

“ Electrospun microfibres with temperature sensitive iridescence from encapsulated cholesteric liquid crystal ”, E. Enz, J. Langerwall, J. Mater. Chem., 20, 2010

“ Integrated microdevice for preconcentration and separation of a wide variety of compounds by electrochromatography”,  G. Proczek, V. Augustin, S. Descroix, M.C. Hennion, Electrophoresis, Vol. 30, issue 3, 02/2009

“ Microfluidic System for Controlled Gelation of a Thermally Reversible Hydrogel ”, J. Flueckiger, K. C. Cheung, Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 3, Issue 4, 08/2009

Microfluidic application in Rheology

“ Highly viscous fluids in pressure actuated flow focusing devices ”, J. Berthiera, S. Le Vota, P. Tiquet, N. David, D. Lauro, P.Y. Benhamou, F. Rivera, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2009

“ Microscopic Mechanisms of the Brittleness of Viscoelastic Fluids ”, H. Tabuteau, S. Mora, G.Porte, M. Abkarian, C. Ligoure, Physical review letters 2009

Nanofluidics manipulations

“ Parallel sub-micrometre channels with different dimensions for laser scattering detection ”, S. Pagliara, C. Chimerel, R. Langford,  D. G. A. L. Aarts and U. F. Key, Lab Chip 2011, Advance Article

Liquid air manipulations

“ The air–liquid flow in a microfluidic airway tree ”, Y. Song, M. Baudoin, P. Manneville, C. N. Baroud , Medical Engineering & Physics 2010