This book delves into the recent developments in the microscale and microfluidic technologies
that allow manipulation at the single and cell aggregate level. Expert authors review the
dominant mechanisms that manipulate and sort biological structures making this a
state-of-the-art overview of conventional cell sorting techniques the principles of
microfluidics and of microfluidic devices. All chapters highlight the benefits and drawbacks
of each technique they discuss which include magnetic electrical optical acoustic gravity
sedimentation inertial deformability and aqueous two-phase systems as the dominant
mechanisms utilized by microfluidic devices to handle biological samples. Each chapter explains
the physics of the mechanism at work and reviews common geometries and devices to help readers
decide the type of style of device required for various applications. This book is appropriate
for graduate-level biomedical engineering and analytical chemistry students as well as
engineers and scientists working in the biotechnology industry.
