Microfluidic solutions enabling continuous processing and monitoring of biological samples: A review

作者：Karle Marc; Vashist Sandeep Kumar; Zengerle Roland; von Stetten Felix

来源：Analytica Chimica Acta, 2016, 929: 1-22.

DOI：10.1016/j.aca.2016.04.055

• Microfluidic
• Continuous processing
• Monitoring
• Sample preparation
• Analytical procedures

The last decade has witnessed tremendous advances in employing microfluidic solutions enabling Continuous Processing and Monitoring of Biological Samples (CPMBS), which is an essential requirement for the control of bio-processes. The microfluidic systems are superior to the traditional inline sensors due to their ability to implement complex analytical procedures, such as multi-step sample preparation, and enabling the online measurement of parameters. This manuscript provides a backgound review of microfluidic approaches employing laminar flow, hydrodynamic separation, acoustophoresis, electrophoresis, dielectrophoresis, magnetophoresis and segmented flow for the continuous processing and monitoring of biological samples. The principles, advantages and limitations of each microfluidic approach are described along with its potential applications. The challenges in the field and the future directions are also provided.

• 出版日期2016-7-27