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ReviewAdvances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology2022

Microfluidics for Environmental Applications.

Ting Wang, Cecilia Yu, Xing Xie

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Review in Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Next-Generation Microfluidics for Biomedical Research and Healthcare Applications.Biomedical engineering and computational biology · 2023
    Review
  4. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ting WangSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Cecilia YuSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Xing XieSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. xing.xie@ce.gatech.edu.
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip systems have become increasingly important tools across many research fields in recent years. As a result of their small size and precise flow control, as well as their ability to enable in situ process visualization, microfluidic systems are increasingly finding applications in environmental science and engineering. Broadly speaking, their main present applications within these fields include use as sensors for water contaminant analysis (e.g., heavy metals and organic pollutants), as tools for microorganism detection (e.g., virus and bacteria), and as platforms for the investigation of environment-related problems (e.g., bacteria electron transfer and biofilm formation). This chapter aims to review the applications of microfluidics in environmental science and engineering - with a particular focus on the foregoing topics. The advantages and limitations of microfluidics when compared to traditional methods are also surveyed, and several perspectives on the future of research and development into microfluidics for environmental applications are offered.

Indexed as

Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesMicrofluidicsBacterial electron transferBiofilm formationContaminant analysisEnvironmental science and engineeringLab-on-a-chipMicrofluidicsMicroorganism detection

Identifiers

PMID32440697
OpenAlexW3028582497

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Registered trials

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