A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future

Magnetic microfluidics has been gradually recognized as an area of its own. Both conventional microfluidic platforms have incorporated magnetic actuation for microfluidic operation and microscale object manipulation. Nonetheless, there is still much room for improvement after decades of development....

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yi, Zhou, Aiwu, Chen, Songlin, Lum, Guo Zhan, Zhang, Xiaosheng
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1603362022-07-23T20:11:34Z A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future Zhang, Yi Zhou, Aiwu Chen, Songlin Lum, Guo Zhan Zhang, Xiaosheng School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Singapore Centre for 3D Printing Engineering::Mechanical engineering Fluidic Devices Additive Manufacture Magnetic microfluidics has been gradually recognized as an area of its own. Both conventional microfluidic platforms have incorporated magnetic actuation for microfluidic operation and microscale object manipulation. Nonetheless, there is still much room for improvement after decades of development. In this Perspective, we first provide a quick review of existing magnetic microfluidic platforms with a focus on the magnetic tools and actuation mechanisms. Next, we discuss several emerging technologies, including magnetic microrobots, additive manufacture, and artificial intelligence, and their potential application in the future development of magnetic microfluidics. We believe that these technologies can eventually inspire highly functional magnetic tools for microfluidic manipulation and coordinated microfluidic control at the system level, which eventually drives magnetic microfluidics into an intelligent system for automated experimentation. Published version Yi Zhang would like to acknowledge the funding support from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. 2022-07-19T07:21:38Z 2022-07-19T07:21:38Z 2022 Journal Article Zhang, Y., Zhou, A., Chen, S., Lum, G. Z. & Zhang, X. (2022). A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future. Biomicrofluidics, 16(1), 011301-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0079464 1932-1058 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160336 10.1063/5.0079464 35069962 2-s2.0-85123636053 1 16 011301 en Biomicrofluidics © 2022 Author(s). All rights reserved. This paper was published by AIP Publishing in Biomicrofluidics and is made available with permission of Author(s). application/pdf
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Singapore
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topic Engineering::Mechanical engineering
Fluidic Devices
Additive Manufacture
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Fluidic Devices
Additive Manufacture
Zhang, Yi
Zhou, Aiwu
Chen, Songlin
Lum, Guo Zhan
Zhang, Xiaosheng
A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future
description Magnetic microfluidics has been gradually recognized as an area of its own. Both conventional microfluidic platforms have incorporated magnetic actuation for microfluidic operation and microscale object manipulation. Nonetheless, there is still much room for improvement after decades of development. In this Perspective, we first provide a quick review of existing magnetic microfluidic platforms with a focus on the magnetic tools and actuation mechanisms. Next, we discuss several emerging technologies, including magnetic microrobots, additive manufacture, and artificial intelligence, and their potential application in the future development of magnetic microfluidics. We believe that these technologies can eventually inspire highly functional magnetic tools for microfluidic manipulation and coordinated microfluidic control at the system level, which eventually drives magnetic microfluidics into an intelligent system for automated experimentation.
author2 School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
author_facet School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Zhang, Yi
Zhou, Aiwu
Chen, Songlin
Lum, Guo Zhan
Zhang, Xiaosheng
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author Zhang, Yi
Zhou, Aiwu
Chen, Songlin
Lum, Guo Zhan
Zhang, Xiaosheng
author_sort Zhang, Yi
title A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future
title_short A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future
title_full A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future
title_fullStr A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future
title_full_unstemmed A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future
title_sort perspective on magnetic microfluidics: towards an intelligent future
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160336
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