Dear Colleagues,

Microfluidics continues growing exponentially in science, allowing analytical measurements to be performed faster and at lower costs than conventional analysis. All this is possible thanks to the miniaturisation and parallelisation of the whole analytical process. The final outcome of this is a highly efficient, high throughput, accurate and controllable analysis, most of the times, at the point of need and without the need for specialised personnel. 

The critical need for a large variety of high performance sensing components such as integrated micro-sensors, smart materials, optical fibers, as well as fluid control and transport components such as mixers, actuators, separators, valves and pumps is leading researchers to investigate the development of these miniaturised building blocks and promoting their integrability in a microfluidic device format.

Moreover, the industrial interest of microfluidics and its high commercialisation perspective need to be considered, which are adding value to this field and opening up new research avenues with a marked applicability.

We are soliciting original submissions that contribute to novel aspects in the microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip fields, taking a holistic approach of the microfluidic device, from the sensor (material, integration, performance, detection, etc.) and the microfluidic components (valves, pumps, microfluidic design, etc.) to commercialisation of the device and its societal perspective. The list of possible topics includes:

- Microfluidic device fabrication;

- Microfluidic component characterisation;

- Microfluidic components integration;

- Microfluidic sensors: physical and chemical sensors;

- New materials for sensing and actuation at the microscale;

- Actuators in microfluidics as components to improve sensing devices;

- Industrial applications of microfluidic sensors;

- Commercialisation of microfluidics.

Dr. Fernando Benito-Lopez
Dr. Janire Saez-Castaño
Dr. Larisa Florea
Guest Editors

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• Microfluidics
• lab-on-a-chip
• sensors, actuators, materials
• commercialisation of microfluidics