Themed collection Lab on a Chip Recent Focus Articles

In this Focus article we discuss recent advances in the use of ratchet-like geometries in microfluidics which could open new avenues in biomedicine for applications in diagnosis, cancer biology, and bioengineering.

In this Focus article we will discuss some of the recent advances in bio-inspired materials and bio-hybrid systems for soft robotics applications in biomedicine.

Here, we summarize recent developments which utilize the potential of microfluidic devices for energy generation.

In this Focus article, we summarize recent observations of artificial swimmers in chemical gradients, shear flows and other interesting natural environments simulated in the lab using microfluidics and nanotechnology.

We provide a selected overview of three types of flexible sensors that have been recently applied to biomedical and healthcare purposes through direct application on the human skin.