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Acoustic Waves Used to Drive Fluids at the Nanoscale

A group of mechanical engineers at the University of California San Diego have effectively used acoustic waves to transport fluids via small channels at the nanoscale. This innovative method is a first step toward the manufacturing of small, portable devices that may be used for microrobotics applications and drug discovery.

16 Nov 2016

Study on Development of Nanodroplets in Aqueous Solutions of Polar Organics

Some researchers in Russia came together to better understand the heterogeneous nature of a polar organic liquid mixed with water.

9 Nov 2016

Primoceler Brings Expertise to Micro-Optics, Microfluidics Markets Through Privanet’s VC Investment

Microfabrication leader Primoceler is preparing for a surge in production volume, all thanks to a venture capital (VC) investment from Privanet, An online marketplace for unlisted securities.

15 Sep 2016

Researchers Could Navigate with Nanosatellites in Space Using Electrospray Thrusters

Moving a nanosatellite around in space takes only a tiny amount of thrust. Engineers from Michigan Technological University and the University of Maryland teamed up, put a nanoscale rocket under a microscope, and watched what happened.

9 Aug 2016

Cal State LA Awarded Grant to Educate Future Leaders in Field of Paper-Based Microfluidics

Cal State LA has been awarded a grant to educate tomorrow’s leaders in the interdisciplinary field of paper microfluidics.

29 Jul 2016

Silk-Based Microfluidic Device Shows Potential for Implantable Devices, Drug Testing

Scientists have developed a unique silk-based tissue chip that can be used extensively for drug testing and can better represent human tissues, compared to the present generation of chips. This silk gel chip enabled the research team to prevent most of the issues associated with current devices and could even be used as an implantable treatment in the future.

12 Jul 2016

Scientists Develop New Microfluidic Device to Test Effects of Electric Fields on Cancer Cells

Researchers at MIT’s research center in Singapore have developed a new microfluidic device that tests the effects of electric fields on cancer cells. They observed that a range of low-intensity, middle-frequency electric fields effectively stopped breast and lung cancer cells from growing and spreading, while having no adverse effect on neighboring healthy cells.

6 Jul 2016

New Microfluidic Device Creates Equally Sized Nanodroplets

One drop with the volume of a millionth of a litre is actually not extremely large and does not even resemble like something that can be used for a lot of things. However, the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw developed a simple device capable of dividing microdroplet into a group of nanodroplets that are all of the same size.

17 Jun 2016

New Technique Helps Control Multiple-Sized Microspheres in Liquid

As the technology downsizes, the microscopic-scale jungles are usually operated by scientists and where novel approaches are developed by current explorers to transport tiny objects of varied sizes throughout a heterogeneous environment, without losing them.

25 May 2016

Novel Microfluidic Device Enables Automatic Double Extraction and Purification of Target Cells

A team of researchers from University of Cincinnati (UC) in Cincinnati, OH have developed a novel microfluidic device, which combines the inertial effect of fluid and microscale vortices generated in microchambers, to achieve simultaneous double sorting of rare target cells and removal of background cells.

23 May 2016

Nanofluidics News

Acoustic Waves Used to Drive Fluids at the Nanoscale

Study on Development of Nanodroplets in Aqueous Solutions of Polar Organics

Primoceler Brings Expertise to Micro-Optics, Microfluidics Markets Through Privanet’s VC Investment

Researchers Could Navigate with Nanosatellites in Space Using Electrospray Thrusters

Cal State LA Awarded Grant to Educate Future Leaders in Field of Paper-Based Microfluidics

Silk-Based Microfluidic Device Shows Potential for Implantable Devices, Drug Testing

Scientists Develop New Microfluidic Device to Test Effects of Electric Fields on Cancer Cells

New Microfluidic Device Creates Equally Sized Nanodroplets

New Technique Helps Control Multiple-Sized Microspheres in Liquid

Novel Microfluidic Device Enables Automatic Double Extraction and Purification of Target Cells

Nanoparticles Deliver Gene Therapy Directly to Bone Marrow

Cross-Linked Organic Nanoparticles Boost Material Performance

Nanofiber Dressings Tackle Inflammation and Infection in Diabetic Wounds

Tiny Graphene Membrane Holds Promise for Fighting Climate Change

Graphene Breakthrough Paves Way for Advanced Energy and Computing

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

Applying AI-Driven Solutions to Semiconductor Digital Design

Redux AFM: Expanding Access to Automated Nanoscale Imaging

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