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Papers

(The median citation count of Biomicrofluidics is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Thermal bubble single-cell printing chip: High-throughput, wide-field, and efficient	63
Trajectory analysis of Bacillus subtilis in micro-droplets	43
Nanogap traps for passive bacteria concentration and single-point confocal Raman spectroscopy	28
Recent advances in microscale techniques for red blood cells manipulation	27
I-LIFT (image-based laser-induced forward transfer) platform for manipulating encoded microparticles	26
Lab-on-a-disk extraction of PBMC and metered plasma from whole blood: An advanced event-triggered valving strategy	26
High-throughput deterministic pairing and coculturing of single cells in a microwell array using combined hydrodynamic and recirculation flow captures	26
Dynamic cellular responses to gravitational forces: Exploring the impact on white blood cell(s)	25
Erratum: “Mechanical interaction between a hydrogel and an embedded cell in biomicrofluidic applications” [Biomicrofluidics 19, 024104 (2025)]	25
Epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes determine the dynamics of circulating breast tumor cells in microfluidic capillaries under chemotherapy-induced stress	25
Microflows in two-generation alveolar cells at an acinar bifurcation	24
Recent advances in label-free optical, electrochemical, and electronic biosensors for glioma biomarkers	22
Design of a flexing organ-chip to model in situ loading of the intervertebral disc	21
Long-term cultured microvascular networks on chip for tumor vascularization research and drug testing	19
The enhancement of DNA fragmentation in a bench top ultrasonic water bath with needle-induced air bubbles: Simulation and experimental investigation	18
Liver-on-a-chip: Considerations, advances, and beyond	18
Simultaneous high-throughput particle-bacteria separation and solution exchange via in-plane and out-of-plane parallelization of microfluidic centrifuges	16
Robotic automation of droplet microfluidics	16
pH effects on capture efficiency and deposition patterns in sessile droplet immunoassays: An XDLVO analysis	15
Artificial intelligence-driven electrochemical immunosensing biochips in multi-component detection	15
Preface to the Special Topic: Microfluidics, Circulating Biomarkers and Cancer	15
Microfluidic supercritical CO2 applications: Solvent extraction, nanoparticle synthesis, and chemical reaction	14
Recent advances in microfluidic-based spectroscopic approaches for pathogen detection	14
Potential of the acoustic micromanipulation technologies for biomedical research	14
Microfluidic sweat patch based on capillary force and evaporation pump for real-time continuous sweat analysis	14

Lateral force separation of biopolymers using an atomic force microscope	13
Microfluidic-to-macrofluidic: A simple in vitro model of atherosclerosis induced by fluidic stimulation	13
Investigating the effect of phospholipids on droplet formation and surface property evolution in microfluidic devices for droplet interface bilayer (DIB) formation	13
What is the future of electrical impedance spectroscopy in flow cytometry?	13
A microfluidic sucrose gap platform using trilaminar flow with on-chip switching and novel calibration: Challenges and limitations	12
A brief overview of passive microvalves in microfluidics: Mechanism, manufacturing, and applications	12
Improved acoustic holograms using simulated annealing	12
Soluto-thermal Marangoni convection in stationary micro-bioreactors on heated substrates: Tool for in vitro diagnosis of PSA	11
Digital microfluidics methods for nucleic acid detection: A mini review	11
Mechanically mediated cargo delivery to cells using microfluidic devices	11
Brain organoid-on-a-chip: A next-generation human brain avatar for recapitulating human brain physiology and pathology	10
Biphasic flow dynamics and polarized mass transportation in branched hepatic sinusoids	10
Application and prospect of microfluidic devices for rapid assay of cell activities in the tumor microenvironment	10
On-chip dielectrophoretic device for cancer cell manipulation: A numerical and artificial neural network study	10
Microfluidics and nanofluidics in India – some recent advancements and futuristic perspective	10
Paper-based microfluidics: Analyte-driven imbibition under the lens	10
Manually pressurized droplet digital PCR chip for rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics	10
Parallel study of transient dosing of antibiotics in a microfluidic device	10
Continuous separation of bacterial cells from large debris using a spiral microfluidic device	9
A miniaturized culture platform for control of the metabolic environment	9
Laser induced graphanized microfluidic devices	9
Cell pairing for biological analysis in microfluidic devices	9
High-Q WGM microcavity-based optofluidic sensor technologies for biological analysis	8
Microfluidics-enabled functional 3D printing	8
Recent advances in the understanding of alveolar flow	8
Design automation for deterministic lateral displacement by leveraging deep Q-network	8
Hepatic spheroid-on-a-chip: Fabrication and characterization of a spheroid-based in vitro model of the human liver for drug screening applications	8
Micromixing within microfluidic devices: Fundamentals, design, and fabrication	8
Air microfluidics-enabled soft robotic transtibial prosthesis socket liner toward dynamic management of residual limb contact pressure and volume fluctuation	8
An in vitro multi-organ microphysiological system (MPS) to investigate the gut-to-brain translocation of neurotoxins	8
Addressable microfluidics technology for non-sacrificial analysis of biomaterial implants in vivo	8
Low-cost and convenient fabrication of polymer micro/nanopores with the needle punching process and their applications in nanofluidic sensing	8
Confinement effect on the microcapillary flow and shape of red blood cells	8
Perspective on fluorescence cell imaging with ionophore-based ion-selective nano-optodes	8
Engineering porous membranes mimicking in vivo basement membrane for organ-on-chips applications	7
Organ-specific vasculature-on-a-chip systems	7
Toward droplets displaying life-like interaction behaviors	7
Naturally derived colloidal rods in microfluidic flows	7
Mimicking blood and lymphatic vasculatures using microfluidic systems	7
Inkjet-printed microgel-based etalon sensor	7
Wall shear gradient dependent thrombosis studied in blood-on-a-chip with stenotic, branched, and valvular constructions	7
Recent advances in microfluidic-based cancer immunotherapy-on-a-chip strategies	7
Microfluidic synthesis as a new route to produce novel functional materials	7
From specialization to broad adoption: Key trends in droplet microfluidic innovations enhancing accessibility to non-experts	7
Faradaic-free electrokinetic nucleic acid amplification (E-NAAMP) using localized on-chip high frequency Joule heating	6
Microfluidic technology for multiple single-cell capture	6
The interaction of vortical flows with red cells in venous valve mimics	6
Developing a piezoresistive sensor based bionic neurological intraoperative monitoring system for spine surgery skill training	6
Microfluidic system for near-patient extraction and detection of miR-122 microRNA biomarker for drug-induced liver injury diagnostics	6
Tunable motile sperm separation based on sperm persistence in migrating through shear barriers	6

A high-throughput flowless microfluidic single and multi-solute concentration gradient generator: Design and parametric study	6
Referee acknowledgment for 2021	6
Dean vortex-enhanced blood plasma separation in self-driven spiral microchannel flow with cross-flow microfilters	6
Organoid-on-a-chip: Current challenges, trends, and future scope toward medicine	6
Nano/microfluidic device for high-throughput passive trapping of nanoparticles	6
Universal correlation for the critical diameter of deterministic lateral displacement devices with polygonal posts	5
Nanoextraction based on surface nanodroplets for chemical preconcentration and determination	5
Phenotyping of rare circulating cells in the blood of non-metastatic breast cancer patients using microfluidic Labyrinth technology	5
Microfluidic technologies for advanced antimicrobial susceptibility testing	5
Scalable large-area mesh-structured microfluidic gradient generator for drug testing applications	5
The centrifugal viscometer	5
Extracellular vesicle and lipoprotein diagnostics (ExoLP-Dx) with membrane sensor: A robust microfluidic platform to overcome heterogeneity	5
Review on bile dynamics and microfluidic-based component detection: Advancing the understanding of bilestone pathogenesis in the biliary tract	5
Artificial blood for therapeutic and laboratory usage: Where do we stand?	5
Microfluidic wearable electrochemical sweat sensors for health monitoring	5
Hematocrit skewness along sequential bifurcations within a microfluidic network induces significant changes in downstream red blood cell partitioning	5
Ultraviolet control of bacterial biofilms in microfluidic chips	5
Photo-addressable microwell devices for rapid functional screening and isolation of pathogen inhibitors from bacterial strain libraries	5
Visualizing liquid distribution across hyphal networks with cellular resolution	5
Microneedle arrays integrated with microfluidic systems: Emerging applications and fluid flow modeling	5
A comprehensive review on electrically modulated transport of soft, multiphase systems in microflow: Perspectives on drops and vesicles	5
Titrating chimeric antigen receptors on CAR T cells enabled by a microfluidic-based dosage-controlled intracellular mRNA delivery platform	5
Inertial focusing of particles and cells in the microfluidic labyrinth device: Role of sharp turns	5
Investigation of pressure balance in proximity of sidewalls in deterministic lateral displacement	5
Microfluidic detection of viruses for human health	5
Directed colloidal assembly and banding via DC electrokinetics	5
Microbial stir bars: Light-activated rotation of tethered bacterial cells to enhance mixing in stagnant fluids	4
The role of acoustofluidics and microbubble dynamics for therapeutic applications and drug delivery	4
The mechanism of biofilm detachment in porous medium under flow field	4
Acoustohydrodynamic micromixers: Basic mixing principles, programmable mixing prospectives, and biomedical applications	4
Point of care sepsis diagnosis: Exploring microfluidic techniques for sample preparation, biomarker isolation, and detection	4
A bionic mimosa soft robot based on a multi-responsive PNIPAM-PEGDA hydrogel composition	4
A novel air microfluidics-enabled soft robotic sleeve: Toward realizing innovative lymphedema treatment	4
A simple acoustofluidic device for on-chip fabrication of PLGA nanoparticles	4
Giardia purification from fecal samples using rigid spiral inertial microfluidics	4
Spheroids formation in large drops suspended in superhydrophobic paper cones	4
Water filling of microcavities	4
Rosette-induced separation of T cells by acoustophoresis	4
Microfluidic pumps for cell sorting	4
Microfluidic production of monodisperse emulsions for cosmetics	4
Automatic feedback control by image processing for mixing solutions in a microfluidic device	4
Temperature-dependent microfluidic impedance spectroscopy for non-invasive biofluid characterization	3
In situ 3D polymerization (IS-3DP): Implementing an aqueous two-phase system for the formation of 3D objects inside a microfluidic channel	3
Integrating an aerosolized drug delivery device with conventional static cultures and a dynamic airway barrier microphysiological system	3
Scaling microfluidic throughput with flow-balanced manifolds to simply control devices with multiple inlets and outlets	3
A high throughput blood–brain barrier model incorporating shear stress with improved predictive power for drug discovery	3
Microfluidics-based patient-derived disease detection tool for deep learning-assisted precision medicine	3
Engineering advancements in microfluidic systems for enhanced mixing at low Reynolds numbers	3
Advances in point-of-care genetic testing for personalized medicine applications	3
A traveling surface acoustic wave-based micropiezoactuator: A tool for additive- and label-free cell lysis	3
An integrated experimental–computational study of mesenchymal stem cell dynamics in confined microfluidic systems	3
Dual-wavelength volumetric stereolithography of multilevel microfluidic devices	3
Strain-induced self-rolled-up microtubes for multifunctional on-chip microfluidic applications	3
Phototactic microswimmers in pulsatile flow: Toward a novel harvesting method	3
Microfluidic-assisted fiber production: Potentials, limitations, and prospects	3
Low-cost and cleanroom-free prototyping of microfluidic and electrochemical biosensors: Techniques in fabrication and bioconjugation	3
Deep learning assisted mechanotyping of individual cells through repeated deformations and relaxations in undulating channels	3
Microbiosensors: Advancing diagnosis and prognosis through MEMS	3
Surface-dominant micro/nanofluidics for efficient green energy conversion	3
Harnessing the power of Microscale AcoustoFluidics: A perspective based on BAW cancer diagnostics	3
A perspective on computer vision in biosensing	3
All polymer microfluidic chips—A fixed target sample delivery workhorse for serial crystallography	3
Scaling up microdroplet production with post-array devices	3
Microfluidics for the biological analysis of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles: Perspectives and challenges	3
Multi-organ-on-a-chip: Modeling strategy, method, and biomedical applications	3
RapidQ: A reader-free microfluidic platform for the quantitation of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein	3
3D collagen microchamber arrays for combined chemotherapy effect evaluation on cancer cell numbers and migration	3
Emerging trends in functional molecularly imprinted polymers for electrochemical detection of biomarkers	3
Microfluidic cell sorter sample preparation for genomic assays	3