About this Research Topic
Biomedical microelectromechanical systems (Bio-MEMS), also referred to as biomedical devices, hold great promise for a wide range of bioanalytical applications, such as bioparticle preparation and separation, single cell analysis, tissue reconstruction, bioimaging, and biosensing. These tiny devices commonly feature either precise manipulation or rapid operation, real-time and high-throughput analysis/screening, high sensitive detection, etc. Over the last several decades, numerous microdevices fabricated with various polymeric materials and nanomaterials have been applied for fundamental biology studies, point-of-care diagnostics, drug discovery, and precision medicine. However, the critical issues associated with the construction and application of biomedical device such as low cost, facile fabrication, efficient operation, and multifunctional integration, are still being explored.
The goal of this Research Topic is to collect the most recent methodological advances in research involving the fabrication and application of biomedical microdevices. Specifically, it will focus on the microdevices fabricated with polymeric materials and nanomaterials and applied in biological and medical fields. The current challenges in the construction and application of biomedical device will be expected to be addressed.
This Research Topic will bring together experts from different research fields including materials science, biology, medicine, chemistry, and physics to review the current state of the art, as well as to present outstanding work associated with biomedical microdevices. We welcome Original Research papers, Reviews, Mini-reviews, Theory or Methods papers. Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
1) Polymeric materials for microdevice fabrication
2) Nanomaterials for microsystem construction
3) Microfluidic chip
4) 3D-printing microdevice
5) Microdevice for bioparticle preparation and separation
6) Microdevice for single cell manipulation and analysis
7) Organ-on-a-chip
8) Point-of-care chip
9) Microdevice for bioimaging
10) Microdevice for biosensing
The goal of this Research Topic is to collect the most recent methodological advances in research involving the fabrication and application of biomedical microdevices. Specifically, it will focus on the microdevices fabricated with polymeric materials and nanomaterials and applied in biological and medical fields. The current challenges in the construction and application of biomedical device will be expected to be addressed.
This Research Topic will bring together experts from different research fields including materials science, biology, medicine, chemistry, and physics to review the current state of the art, as well as to present outstanding work associated with biomedical microdevices. We welcome Original Research papers, Reviews, Mini-reviews, Theory or Methods papers. Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
1) Polymeric materials for microdevice fabrication
2) Nanomaterials for microsystem construction
3) Microfluidic chip
4) 3D-printing microdevice
5) Microdevice for bioparticle preparation and separation
6) Microdevice for single cell manipulation and analysis
7) Organ-on-a-chip
8) Point-of-care chip
9) Microdevice for bioimaging
10) Microdevice for biosensing
Keywords: Biomaterials, Microdevice, Microfluidics, Precise control, High-throughput, Single cell analysis, Cancer research, Tissue engineering, Drug testing and screening, Bioimaging, Biosensing
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