Issue 20, 2020

Advances in passively driven microfluidics and lab-on-chip devices: a comprehensive literature review and patent analysis

Abstract

The development of passively driven microfluidic labs on chips has been increasing over the years. In the passive approach, the microfluids are usually driven and operated without any external actuators, fields, or power sources. Passive microfluidic techniques adopt osmosis, capillary action, surface tension, pressure, gravity-driven flow, hydrostatic flow, and vacuums to achieve fluid flow. There is a great need to explore labs on chips that are rapid, compact, portable, and easy to use. The evolution of these techniques is essential to meet current needs. Researchers have highlighted the vast potential in the field that needs to be explored to develop rapid passive labs on chips to suit market/researcher demands. A comprehensive review, along with patent analysis, is presented here, listing the latest advances in passive microfluidic techniques, along with the related mechanisms and applications.

Graphical abstract: Advances in passively driven microfluidics and lab-on-chip devices: a comprehensive literature review and patent analysis

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
10 Jan 2020
Accepted
20 Feb 2020
First published
23 Mar 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 11652-11680

Advances in passively driven microfluidics and lab-on-chip devices: a comprehensive literature review and patent analysis

V. Narayanamurthy, Z. E. Jeroish, K. S. Bhuvaneshwari, P. Bayat, R. Premkumar, F. Samsuri and M. M. Yusoff, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 11652 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00263A

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