Issue 67, 2019

Droplet microfluidics: from proof-of-concept to real-world utility?

Abstract

Droplet microfluidics constitutes a diverse and practical tool set that enables chemical and biological experiments to be performed at high speed and with enhanced efficiency when compared to conventional instrumentation. Indeed, in recent years, droplet-based microfluidic tools have been used to excellent effect in a range of applications, including materials synthesis, single cell analysis, RNA sequencing, small molecule screening, in vitro diagnostics and tissue engineering. Our 2011 Chemical Communications Highlight Article [Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1936–1942] reviewed some of the most important technological developments and applications of droplet microfluidics, and identified key challenges that needed to be addressed in the short term. In the current contribution, we consider the intervening eight years, and assess the contributions that droplet-based microfluidics has made to experimental science in its broadest sense.

Graphical abstract: Droplet microfluidics: from proof-of-concept to real-world utility?

Article information

Article type
Highlight
Submitted
20 jun 2019
Accepted
17 jul 2019
First published
17 jul 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 9895-9903

Droplet microfluidics: from proof-of-concept to real-world utility?

A. Suea-Ngam, P. D. Howes, M. Srisa-Art and A. J. deMello, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9895 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04750F

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications, without requesting further permission from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given and it is not used for commercial purposes.

To request permission to reproduce material from this article in a commercial publication, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party commercial publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements