MicrofluidicDevicesinNanotechnology:Applications

ExploresthelatestapplicationsarisingfromtheintersectionofnanotechnologyandmicrofluidicsInthepasttwodecades,microfluidicsresearchhasseenphenomenalgrowth,withmanynewandemergingapplicationsinfieldsrangingfromchemistry,physics,andbiologytoengineering.Withtheemergenceofnanotechnology,microfluidicsiscurrentlyundergoingdramaticchanges,embracingtherisingfieldofnanofluidics.Thisvolumereviewsthelatestdevicesandapplicationsstemmingfromthemergingofnanotechnologywithmicrofludicsinsuchareasasdrugdiscovery,bio-sensing,catalysis,electrophoresis,enzymaticreactions,andnanomaterialsynthesis.Eachofthetenchaptersiswrittenbyaleadingpioneerattheintersectionofnanotechnologyandmicrofluidics.Readersnotonlylearnaboutnewapplications,butalsodiscoverwhichfuturisticdevicesandapplicationsarelikelytobedeveloped.Topicsexploredinthisvolumeinclude:Newlab-on-a-chipsystemsfordrugdeliveryIntegrationofmicrofluidicswithnanoneurosciencetostudythenervoussystematthesingle-celllevelRecentapplicationsofnanoparticleswithinmicrofluidicchannelsforelectrochemicalandopticalaffinitybiosensingNovelmicrofluidicapproachesforthesynthesisofnanomaterialsNext-generationalternativeenergyportablepowerdevicesReferencesineachchapterguidereaderstotheprimaryliteratureforfurtherinvestigationofindividualtopics.Overall,scientists,researchers,engineers,andstudentswillnotonlygainanewperspectiveonwhathasbeendone,butalsothenanotechnologytoolstheyneedtodevelopthenextgenerationofmicrofluidicdevicesandapplications.MicrofluidicDevicesforNanotechnologyisatwo-volumepublication,thefirstevertoexplorethesynergiesbetweenmicrofluidicsandnanotechnology.Thefirstvolumecoversfundamentalconcepts;thissecondvolumeexaminesapplications.