ReviewTrends in biotechnology2017
Enabling Microfluidics: from Clean Rooms to Makerspaces.
Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 171 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bonding with a Benchtop UV Ozone Cleaner: A Practical Guide to Prepare a Microfluidic Chip.Micromachines · 2026Article
- Strategies for the Selection and Application of Biological Scaffolds in Organ-on-a-Chip Systems.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026Review
- Artificial capillaries-on-a-chip with modular control over lumen size, architecture, and co-culture conditions.Biofabrication · 2026Article
- Design and Synthesis of Fluorosurfactants for Microfluidic Droplet-Based Bioapplications.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Microsystem technologies for accelerating the discovery and translation of immunotherapies.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026Review
- Toward a Disruptive "Click-and-Run" 3D Printing Concept for Manufacturing Epidermal Wearable Electrochemical Sensors.ACS sensors · 2025Review
- Microfluidic technologies for wearable and implantable biomedical devices.Lab on a chip · 2025Review
- Acoustofluidic bioassembly induced morphogenesis for therapeutic tissue fabrication.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A Novel Size-Based Centrifugal Microfluidic Design to Enrich and Magnetically Isolate Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood Cells through Biocompatible Magnetite-Arginine Nanoparticles.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Recent developments in preventing catheter-related infections based on biofilms: A comprehensive review.Biomicrofluidics · 2024Review
- Advantages of stereolithographic 3D printing in the fabrication of the Affiblot device for dot-blot assays.Mikrochimica acta · 2024Article
- Spark-Discharge-Activated 3D-Printed Electrochemical Sensors.Analytical chemistry · 2024Article
- A plug-and-play, easy-to-manufacture fluidic accessory to significantly enhance the sensitivity of electrochemical immunoassays.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- An economical in-class sticker microfluidic activity develops student expertise in microscale physics and device manufacturing.Lab on a chip · 2024Article
- 3D printed microfluidic devices for integrated solid-phase extraction and microchip electrophoresis of preterm birth biomarkers.Analytica chimica acta · 2024Article
- Next generation microfluidics: fulfilling the promise of lab-on-a-chip technologies.Lab on a chip · 2024Review
- An inexpensive "do-it-yourself" device for rapid generation of uniform tumor spheroids.Device · 2024Article
- A 3D-Printed Micro-Optofluidic Chamber for Fluid Characterization and Microparticle Velocity Detection.Micromachines · 2023Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The traditional requirement for clean rooms and specialized skills has inhibited many biologists from pursuing new microfluidic innovations. Makerspaces provide a growing alternative to clean rooms: they provide low-cost access to fabrication equipment such as laser cutters, plotter cutters, and 3D printers; use commercially available materials; and attract a diverse community of product designers. This Opinion discusses the materials, tools, and building methodologies particularly suited for developing novel microfluidic devices in these spaces, with insight into biological applications and leveraging the maker community. The lower barrier to access of makerspaces ameliorates the otherwise poor accessibility and scalability of microfluidic prototyping.
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