Main description:

This new volume introduces the applications of microfluidic systems to facilitate biotechnological and biomedical processes. It provides an overview on cutting-edge technologies, summarizes traditional and modern fabrication methods and highlights recent advances regarding the application of lab-on-a-chip (LoC) systems for bioanalytical purposes.

This book is ideal for research scientists and students interested at the cross-section between biotechnology, chemistry and chemical engineering.

Contents:

Microfluidics in Biotechnology: Overview and Status Quo.- A Primer on Microfluidics: From Basic Principles to Microfabrication.- Emerging technologies and materials for high-resolution 3D printing of microfluidic chips.- Microbioreactors for process development and cell-based screening studies.- Microfluidic Devices as Process Development Tools for Cellular Therapy Manufacturing.- Droplet Microfluidics for Microbial Biotechnology.- Microfluidic Single-Cell Analytics.- Analytics in microfluidic systems.- Biocatalysis in Continuous-Flow Microfluidic Reactors.- Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Point-of-Care Medical Diagnostics.- Microfluidics for Environmental Applications.- Microfluidic Systems for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.- Organ-on-a-Chip.- Emerging Biosensor Trends in Organ-on-a-Chip.- Microfluidics in Biotechnology: Quo vadis.