PMID- 24755517
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150406
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1424-8220 (Electronic)
IS  - 1424-8220 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
DP  - 2014 Apr 21
TI  - Applications of micro/nanoparticles in microfluidic sensors: a review.
PG  - 6952-64
LID - 10.3390/s140406952 [doi]
AB  - This paper reviews the applications of micro/nanoparticles in microfluidics 
      device fabrication and analytical processing. In general, researchers have 
      focused on two properties of particles--electric behavior and magnetic behavior. 
      The applications of micro/nanoparticles could be summarized on the chip 
      fabrication level and on the processing level. In the fabrication of microfluidic 
      chips (chip fabrication level), particles are good additives in 
      polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to prepare conductive or magnetic composites which 
      have wide applications in sensors, valves and actuators. On the other hand, 
      particles could be manipulated according to their electric and magnetic 
      properties under external electric and magnetic fields when they are travelling 
      in microchannels (processing level). Researchers have made a great progress in 
      preparing modified PDMS and investigating the behaviors of particles in 
      microchannels. This article attempts to present a discussion on the basis of 
      particles applications in microfluidics.
FAU - Jiang, Yusheng
AU  - Jiang Y
AD  - College of Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, 
      China. jys@cqu.edu.cn.
FAU - Wang, Hui
AU  - Wang H
AD  - College of Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, 
      China. 20121202036@cqu.edu.cn.
FAU - Li, Shunbo
AU  - Li S
AD  - Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear 
      Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. sliab@ust.hk.
FAU - Wen, Weijia
AU  - Wen W
AD  - Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear 
      Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. phwen@ust.hk.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20140421
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Sensors (Basel)
JT  - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101204366
SB  - IM
MH  - Electricity
MH  - Magnetic Phenomena
MH  - Microfluidics/*instrumentation/*methods
MH  - Nanoparticles/*chemistry
PMC - PMC4029640
EDAT- 2014/04/24 06:00
MHDA- 2015/04/07 06:00
PMCR- 2014/04/01
CRDT- 2014/04/24 06:00
PHST- 2014/02/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/04/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/04/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/04/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/04/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/04/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - s140406952 [pii]
AID - sensors-14-06952 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/s140406952 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sensors (Basel). 2014 Apr 21;14(4):6952-64. doi: 10.3390/s140406952.