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Droplet microfluidics has dramatically developed in the past decade and has been established as a microfluidic technology that can translate into commercial products. Its rapid development and adoption have relied not only on an efficient stabilizing system (oil and surfactant), but also on a library of modules that can manipulate droplets at a high-throughput. Droplet microfluidics is a vibrant field that keeps evolving, with advances that span technology development and applications. Recent examples include innovative methods to generate droplets, to perform single-cell encapsulation, magnetic extraction, or sorting at an even higher throughput. The trend consists of improving parameters such as robustness, throughput, or ease of use. These developments rely on a firm understanding of the physics and chemistry involved in hydrodynamic flow at a small scale. Finally, droplet microfluidics has played a pivotal role in biological applications, such as single-cell genomics or high-throughput microbial screening, and chemical applications. This Special Issue will showcase all aspects of the exciting field of droplet microfluidics, including, but not limited to, technology development, applications, and open-source systems.

Technology: general issues --- FADS --- emulsification --- droplet coalescence --- enzyme engineering --- synthetic biology --- droplet formation --- phase field model --- interfacial tension --- glass capillary microfluidic device --- fluidic mixer --- air bubble --- 3D printing --- microcapsules --- double-emulsion drops --- osmotic pressure --- ultra-thin-shell --- microfluidics --- droplet array --- microvalve --- droplets --- lock-in detection --- real-time calibration --- homogeneous immunoassay --- on-chip mergers --- pneumatic valves --- programmable droplet formation --- dilutions --- Microfluidics --- drug combinations --- screening --- droplet microfluidics --- sorting --- passive sorting --- photo-tag --- n/a

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The miniaturization of components in mechanical and electronic equipment has been the driving force for the fast development of micro/nanosystems. Heat and mass transfer are crucial processes in such systems, and they have attracted great interest in recent years. Tremendous effort, in terms of theoretical analyses, experimental measurements, numerical simulation, and practical applications, has been devoted to improve our understanding of complex heat and mass transfer processes and behaviors in such micro/nanosystems. This Special Issue is dedicated to showcasing recent advances in heat and mass transfer in micro- and nanosystems, with particular focus on the development of new models and theories, the employment of new experimental techniques, the adoption of new computational methods, and the design of novel micro/nanodevices. Thirteen articles have been published after peer-review evaluations, and these articles cover a wide spectrum of active research in the frontiers of micro/nanosystems.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Darcy-Forchheimer theory --- nonlinear stretching --- nanofluid --- magnetohydrodynamics --- convective conditions --- carbon nanotubes --- thermal radiation --- porous cavity --- wavy channels --- nanofluids --- forced convection --- heat enhancement --- pressure drop --- mesh model --- microfluidic --- flow distributions --- fluid network --- microchannel --- heat transfer enhancement --- numerical simulation --- monodisperse droplet generation --- satellite droplets --- piezoelectric method --- droplet coalescence --- lattice Boltzmann method --- inertial migration --- Poiseuille flow --- pulsatile velocity --- loop heat pipe --- deionized water --- two-phase flow --- visualization --- heat transfer experiment --- heat transfer --- porous media --- pore-scale modeling --- boundary condition --- thermal conductivity --- porosity --- conjugate interface --- aspect ratio --- Maxwell nanofluid --- Darcy-Forchheimer model --- chemical reaction --- Brownian diffusion --- wearable device --- microfluidic chip --- sweat collecting --- microfluidics --- liquid metal --- measurement --- temperature monitoring --- PCR --- pin-fins --- wavy pin-fins channel --- performance criterion --- friction factor --- Darcy-Forchheimer theory --- nonlinear stretching --- nanofluid --- magnetohydrodynamics --- convective conditions --- carbon nanotubes --- thermal radiation --- porous cavity --- wavy channels --- nanofluids --- forced convection --- heat enhancement --- pressure drop --- mesh model --- microfluidic --- flow distributions --- fluid network --- microchannel --- heat transfer enhancement --- numerical simulation --- monodisperse droplet generation --- satellite droplets --- piezoelectric method --- droplet coalescence --- lattice Boltzmann method --- inertial migration --- Poiseuille flow --- pulsatile velocity --- loop heat pipe --- deionized water --- two-phase flow --- visualization --- heat transfer experiment --- heat transfer --- porous media --- pore-scale modeling --- boundary condition --- thermal conductivity --- porosity --- conjugate interface --- aspect ratio --- Maxwell nanofluid --- Darcy-Forchheimer model --- chemical reaction --- Brownian diffusion --- wearable device --- microfluidic chip --- sweat collecting --- microfluidics --- liquid metal --- measurement --- temperature monitoring --- PCR --- pin-fins --- wavy pin-fins channel --- performance criterion --- friction factor

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The miniaturization of components in mechanical and electronic equipment has been the driving force for the fast development of micro/nanosystems. Heat and mass transfer are crucial processes in such systems, and they have attracted great interest in recent years. Tremendous effort, in terms of theoretical analyses, experimental measurements, numerical simulation, and practical applications, has been devoted to improve our understanding of complex heat and mass transfer processes and behaviors in such micro/nanosystems. This Special Issue is dedicated to showcasing recent advances in heat and mass transfer in micro- and nanosystems, with particular focus on the development of new models and theories, the employment of new experimental techniques, the adoption of new computational methods, and the design of novel micro/nanodevices. Thirteen articles have been published after peer-review evaluations, and these articles cover a wide spectrum of active research in the frontiers of micro/nanosystems.

Darcy-Forchheimer theory --- nonlinear stretching --- nanofluid --- magnetohydrodynamics --- convective conditions --- carbon nanotubes --- thermal radiation --- porous cavity --- wavy channels --- nanofluids --- forced convection --- heat enhancement --- pressure drop --- mesh model --- microfluidic --- flow distributions --- fluid network --- microchannel --- heat transfer enhancement --- numerical simulation --- monodisperse droplet generation --- satellite droplets --- piezoelectric method --- droplet coalescence --- lattice Boltzmann method --- inertial migration --- Poiseuille flow --- pulsatile velocity --- loop heat pipe --- deionized water --- two-phase flow --- visualization --- heat transfer experiment --- heat transfer --- porous media --- pore-scale modeling --- boundary condition --- thermal conductivity --- porosity --- conjugate interface --- aspect ratio --- Maxwell nanofluid --- Darcy–Forchheimer model --- chemical reaction --- Brownian diffusion --- wearable device --- microfluidic chip --- sweat collecting --- microfluidics --- liquid metal --- measurement --- temperature monitoring --- PCR --- pin-fins --- wavy pin-fins channel --- performance criterion --- friction factor --- n/a --- Darcy-Forchheimer model