TY - BOOK ID - 61121934 TI - Micro/Nano Devices for Blood Analysis AU - Minas, Graça AU - Catarino, Susana AU - Lima, Rui A. PY - 2019 SN - 3039218255 3039218247 PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - red blood cells KW - n/a KW - metastatic potential KW - microfluidic devices KW - microstructure KW - lens-less KW - regression analysis KW - power-law fluid KW - narrow rectangular microchannel KW - biomedical coatings KW - XTC-YF cells KW - red blood cell (RBC) aggregation KW - Y-27632 KW - finite element method KW - POCT KW - CEA detection KW - immersed boundary method KW - suspension KW - particle tracking velocimetry KW - biomicrofluidics KW - computational fluid dynamics KW - red blood cells (RBCs) KW - modified conventional erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) method KW - computational biomechanics KW - RBC aggregation index KW - microfabrication KW - microfluidics KW - morphological analysis KW - chronic renal disease KW - multiple microfluidic channels KW - centrifugal microfluidic device KW - deformability KW - master molder using xurography technique KW - fluorescent chemiluminescence KW - hydrophobic dish KW - pressure-driven flow KW - cell deformability KW - mechanophenotyping KW - separation and sorting techniques KW - density medium KW - cell adhesion KW - polymers KW - rheology KW - circular microchannel KW - blood on chips KW - multinucleated cells KW - velocity KW - cell analysis KW - microfluidic chip KW - twin-image removal KW - cancer KW - Lattice–Boltzmann method KW - diabetes KW - hyperbolic microchannel KW - Lattice-Boltzmann method UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61121934 AB - The development of micro- and nanodevices for blood analysis is an interdisciplinary subject that demands the integration of several research fields, such as biotechnology, medicine, chemistry, informatics, optics, electronics, mechanics, and micro/nanotechnologies. Over the last few decades, there has been a notably fast development in the miniaturization of mechanical microdevices, later known as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which combine electrical and mechanical components at a microscale level. The integration of microflow and optical components in MEMS microdevices, as well as the development of micropumps and microvalves, have promoted the interest of several research fields dealing with fluid flow and transport phenomena happening in microscale devices. Microfluidic systems have many advantages over their macroscale counterparts, offering the ability to work with small sample volumes, providing good manipulation and control of samples, decreasing reaction times, and allowing parallel operations in one single step. As a consequence, microdevices offer great potential for the development of portable and point-of-care diagnostic devices, particularly for blood analysis. Moreover, the recent progress in nanotechnology has contributed to its increasing popularity, and has expanded the areas of application of microfluidic devices, including in the manipulation and analysis of flows on the scale of DNA, proteins, and nanoparticles (nanoflows). In this Special Issue, we invited contributions (original research papers, review articles, and brief communications) that focus on the latest advances and challenges in micro- and nanodevices for diagnostics and blood analysis, micro- and nanofluidics, technologies for flow visualization, MEMS, biochips, and lab-on-a-chip devices and their application to research and industry. We hope to provide an opportunity to the engineering and biomedical community to exchange knowledge and information and to bring together researchers who are interested in the general field of MEMS and micro/nanofluidics and, especially, in its applications to biomedical areas. ER -