Chapter 1 Micro/Nano-structured materials from droplet microfluidics Chapter 2 Digital Microfluidics for Bioanalysis Chapter 3 Nanotechnology and microfluidics for biosensing and biophysical property assessment: implications for next-generation in vitro diagnostics Chapter 4 Microfluidic Tools for the Synthesis of Bespoke Quantum Dots Chapter 5 Microfluidics for Immuno-oncology Chapter 6 Paper and paper hybrid microfluidic devices for point-of-care detection of infectious diseases Chapter 7 Biological diagnosis based on microfluidics and nanotechnology Chapter 8 Recent Developments in Microfluidics-based Point-of-care testing (POCT) Diagnoses Chapter 9 Microfluidics in Microbiome & Cancer Research Chapter 10 Microfluidic synthesis of functional nanoparticles Chapter 11 Design considerations for muscle-actuated biohybrid devices Chapter 12 Micro- and Nanoscale Biointerrogation and Modulation of Neural Tissue ? From fundamental to Clinical and Military Applications
The book focuses on microfluidics with applications in nanotechnology. The first part summarizes the recent advances and achievements in the field of microfluidic technology, with emphasize on the the influence of nanotechnology. The second part introduces various applications of microfluidics in nanotechnology, such as drug delivery, tissue engineering and biomedical diagnosis.
Xingyu Jiang is Professor in the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He received his PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University. After a short postdoctoral fellowship with Professor George Whitesides, he joined NCNST where he was selected "Hundred Talents Plan" Professor. His research interests include surface chemistry, microfluidics, micro- and nano-fabrication, cell biology and immunoassays. He has published more than 180 scientific papers. He received several awards including National Distinguished Young Scholar award by the National Science Foundation of China in 2010, Federation of Asian Chemical Societies Distinguished Young Chemist Award in Analytical chemistry and Huang Jiasi Biomedical Engineering Award by the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering in 2015.