Advances in Electronic Interfacing to Micro-/Nanofluidic Devices
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Microelectronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2024 | Viewed by 2159
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microtechnology; nanotechnology; MEMS; NEMS; nanofabrication; microfabrication; sensing; microfluidics;nanofluidics; thin films; materials science engineering; silicon; sapphire
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Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, a variety of microfluidic and nanofluidic devices has been developed for a broad diversity in applications in, for example, chemistry, analysis and health/life sciences. Often, these fluidic devices contain integrated (metallic) structures with specific functionality. Such structures can be utilized for i) actuation, e.g., (local) heating, reaction initiation, or dielectrophoretic sorting, ii) sensing/monitoring of (local) conditions, e.g., temperature, flow (rate/velocity), pressure, pH, flowing fluid properties (density, dynamic viscosity, thermal conductivity etc.), and/or iii) control purposes, e.g., maintaining a targeted reaction temperature, flow rate, etc. All of the mentioned functionalities require dedicated electronic interfacing from the devices to the macroworld, as well as electronic circuitry, to be able to obtain the desired actuation/readout/control of the micro-/nanodevices. Whereas a vast volume of literature is available to describe/explain the results as obtained with micro-/nanofluidic devices, including detailed explanations on design and fabrication aspects of such devices, literature containing specialized information on electronic interfacing and readout/control circuitry is very limited. This Special Issue aims to address electronic interfacing between a fluidic device with integrated electronic functionality and the macroworld: How is this accomplished for your fluidic device(s)? Contributors are challenged to describe their electronic interfacing, either being completely home-designed or (partly) based on commercial available tooling, including circuitry and used software. Sharing of such engineering knowledge will help benefit and inspire others.
Dr. Roald M. Tiggelaar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- micro-/nanofluidic devices
- micro-/nanoreactors
- micro-/nanodevice-to-macroworld interfacing
- electronic interfacing
- electronic readout/control
- electronic circuitry
