OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Fabrication of a microfluidic chip using mechanical micromilling for flocculant testing	78
Parametric study on the influence of varying angled inlet channels on mixing performance in simple T micromixers and vortex T micromixers across a wide range of Reynolds numbers	36
Quantifying and modeling loss of estrogen and progesterone in PDMS-based devices	33
Lab-on-a-chip systems for modelling peripheral nerve injury and neurodegenerative disease: state of the art and beyond	29
Modeling and analysis of electrohydrodynamic printing under various pulsed voltage waveforms	28
Systematic microfluidic study of the mechanisms of intensification of oil recovery by nanomodified surfactant-polymer compositions	27
Process optimization for preparation of curcumin and quercetin co-encapsulated liposomes using microfluidic device	27
Visualizing conformance control mechanisms in high-temperature reservoirs: a microfluidic analysis of Pickering emulsified gel systems	26
A compact modularized power-supply system for stable flow generation in microfluidic devices	26
A low-cost method of fabricating Parylene-SU-8 micro-nanofluidic chip by thermal nanoimprint and multilayer compositing	24
Analysis of interfacial mixing zone and mixing index in microfluidic channels	23
Investigation of the impact of liquid presence on the acoustic streaming generated by a vibrating sharp tip capillary	23
Development of a low-cost paper-based microfluidic device for rapid detection of milk adulterants to ensure food safety	22
Pressure drop and bubble velocity in Taylor flow through square microchannel	22
Dynamic response of a weakly ionized fluid in a vibrating Riga channel exposed to intense electromagnetic rotation	20
Evaluation of the cytotoxic effect of chitosan-zoledronic acid nanoparticles and free zoledronic acid against a549 lung cancer cells using microfluidic technology	19
On the viscous flow through a porous-walled pipe: asymptotic MHD effects	18
Integration of a finger-actuated quantitative drive module for point-of-care blood typing chips	17
Modelling, simulation, and experimental characterization of particle sedimentation inside a horizontal syringe	17
Study on effects of magnetic fields of different inhomogeneous on the formation mechanism of microdroplets	17
Biological structural study for the blood casson fluid flow in catheterized diverging tapered stenosed arteries with emerging shaped nanoparticles: application in drug delivery	16
Size-dependent shape and adhesion of sessile droplets on atomically smooth surfaces	15
Experimental study on slip flow of nitrogen through microchannels at atmospheric pressure	15
An investigation on microfluidic preparation of aluminum phosphate adjuvant	15
Investigation on the characteristics of water transport in nanochannels under an electric field	14

Sheathless inertial microfluidic cell separation via a serpentine–contraction–expansion device coupled with a combinatorial extraction regulator	14
Manipulation of microparticles using acoustic actuators: a review	14
A hybrid Gaussian mixture/DSMC approach to study the Fourier thermal problem	13
Characteristics of the travelling speed of droplet flow splitting in bifurcated minichannel networks	13
A “Plug-n-Play” permeable brick-based microfluidic pump	13
Identification of emulsification regimes in co-flow microfluidics using stroboscopic LED illumination	12
Computational analysis of Yamada–Ota and Xue models for surface tension gradient impact on radiative 3D flow of trihybrid nanofluid with Soret–Dufour effects	12
A mould-free soft-lithography approach for rapid, low-cost and bulk fabrication of microfluidic chips using photopolymer sheets	12
Effects of geometrical confinement on the generation of droplets at microfluidics T-junctions with rectangle channels	12
PDMS-based microfluidic capillary pressure-driven viscometry and application to Drosophila melanogaster’s hemolymph	11
Surface acoustic wave-assisted microfluidic isolation of aptamers	11
Preparation of cobalt oxide and tin dioxide nanofluids and investigation of their thermophysical properties	11
ZnO/glass-based SAW tweezer for dexterous particle patterning and patterned cell culturing	11
Phage-displayed antibody fragments in microfluidic paper-based devices: a novel approach for sensitive detection of glycine-extended gastrin 17 biomarker using gold nanoparticles	11
Enhancement of zebrafish sperm activation through microfluidic mixing induced by aquatic microrobots	11
Microfluidic technologies: buffer exchange in bioprocessing, a mini review	11
Patented technologies of microfluidic devices for targeted drug delivery: a revolution in optimization	10
Ultrasensitive liquid density measurement using virtual coupling microchannel stainless steel cantilever	10
Investigation of bubble formation dynamics of gas-non-Newtonian liquid two-phase flow in a flow-focusing generator	10
Photoporation reimagined: microfluidic paradigm for precision and safe intracellular delivery of large cargos	10
Interplay of acoustophoresis and dielectrophoresis in a standing surface acoustic wave field: from spherical to non-spherical particles	10
Cost-effective 3D H-filter fabricated by xurographic method	10
Proliferation and weak aerotaxis changes the cancer cell distribution in oxygen gradients at physiological level	10
Bypass resistive pulse sensor by MEMS technology	9
SERS-active core-satellite nanostructures in a membrane filter-integrated microfluidic device for sensitive and continuous detection of trace molecules	9
Acoustophoretic migration of a microparticle in immiscible coflowing liquids	9
Copper capillaries with lubricant-infused walls: fabrication and drag reduction performance	9
Sustainable and optimized fabrication of microfluidic devices for electrochemical detection and monitoring of microbial biofilms	9
A comprehensive literature review on microfluidic biochip technologies: techniques, challenges and future trends	9
Influence of electrode reactions on electroosmotic flow and ion transport in a microchannel	9
Microparticle separation based on size, density and shape in a sharp-corner MOFF channel using hydrodynamic effects	8
Enhanced particle focusing and sorting by multiple sheath stream in contraction–expansion microchannel	8
Merged and alternating droplets generation in double T-junction microchannels using symmetrically inserted capillaries	8
Energy efficiency and thermo-hydraulic performance of MWCNT/water nanofluid in flat and circular tubes	8
Comprehensive characterization of a microfluidic platform for DEP manipulation and bio-impedance detection using multi-sized polystyrene microbeads	8
Recent hypotheses on the parameters of microchannel flow boiling: a comprehensive overview	8
Simplifying biochemical signal transport in steady flows within a single-cell-trapping microchannel by linear low-order systems	8
Analysis of sperm cell motion in high viscosity Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids using a microfluidic channel	8
Plane-symmetric co-flow capillary for the generation of monodisperse droplets	8
Energy dissipation mechanisms in droplet dynamics: implications for wetting phenomena	8
RF sensor-based tracking of nanoparticle’s morphological and relative arrangement variations	7
Quantitative analysis for sweat-absorbing times of paper-based microfluidic chips	7
Flow regulation and drug delivery in bio-microfluidics using macro-porous ferrogel	7
Using dimensionless numbers to understand interfacial mass transfer for parallel flow in a microchannel	7
The mechanisms and properties of inertial microfluidics: from fundamental models to biomedical applications	7
Magnetic nanodrug delivery in non-Newtonian blood flows	7
Lab on a chip for detecting Clara cell protein 16 (CC16) for potential screening of the workers exposed to respirable silica aerosol	7
A low-cost and disposable capillary-based paper sensor for measuring blood-plasma viscosity using a smartphone app	7
Unidirectional particle transport in microfluidic chips operating in a tri-axial magnetic field for particle concentration and bio-analyte detection	7
A PDMS-based microfluidic system for assessment of the protective role of dexmedetomidine against sepsis-related glycocalyx degradation	7

Stiffness influence on particle separation in polydimethylsiloxane-based deterministic lateral displacement devices	7
Electrically actuated peristaltic transport of viscoelastic fluid: a theoretical analysis	7
A novel algorithm for rapid estimation of magnetic particle trajectory in arbitrary magnetophoretic devices under continuous fluid flow	7
Analysis on Couette flow of a micropolar fluid through a circular annulus filled with the porous medium	7
A hierarchical levitating cluster containing transforming small aggregates of water droplets	7
Numerical characterization and optimization of the acoustic device for heterogeneous immunoassays	7
A review of experimental and simulation methods for determining accommodation coefficients, particularly TMAC, at fluid-surface interfaces	7
Evaluation of dynamical-billiard-shaped chambers as divergent elements of passive micromixers	7
Model order reduction for the 1D Boltzmann-BGK equation: identifying intrinsic variables using neural networks	7
Analysis and optimization of microfluidic systems for real-time detection of nutrients in soil based on computational fluid dynamics and response surface methodology	7
Microfluidic continuous flow DNA fragmentation based on a vibrating sharp-tip	7
Physiological hypoxia promotes cancer cell migration and attenuates angiogenesis in co-culture using a microfluidic device	7
Synthesis of tunable gold nanostars via 3D-printed microfluidic device with vibrating sharp-tip acoustic mixing	6
Liquid drops on compliant and non-compliant substrates: an ellipsoid-based fitting for approximating drop shape and volume	6
Fabrication of microtiter plate on paper using 96-well plates for wax stamping	6
Co-printing of micro/nanostructures integrated with preconcentration to enhance protein detection	6
Automated measurements and characterization of magnetic permeability in magnetorheological fluid	6
Exploring the stability of single emulsion created by microfluidics and its use in the production of core–shell microparticles	6
On-chip inductive sensor for ultra-high-throughput integrated detection of oil contamination and viscosity	6
Optimization of annular microfluidic biosensor enhanced by active and passive effects using Taguchi’s method coupled with multi-layer perceptron neural networks (MLP-NN) models	6
Deep learning-driven correction of motion-induced artifacts in microfluidic on-chip fluorescence microscopy for robust cell classification	6
Effects of porous media geometry and oil repellents on enhanced recovery in water-wet microfluidic chips	6
Waviness-induced passive particle manipulation of very dilute suspensions in confined microfluidic flows	6
Enhancement in electroosmotic mixing in obstruction-laden microchannels	6
Study of the biocompatibility of polymeric resins processed by 3D printing for applications in manufacturing of devices for short term 3D cultures	6