OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Numerical characterization and optimization of the acoustic device for heterogeneous immunoassays	126
Electroosmotic flow of two-layer fluid containing Oldroyd-B fluid with fractional derivative in a rotating microparallel channel	35
Nickel oxide nanoparticle synthesis and photocatalytic applications: evolution from conventional methods to novel microfluidic approaches	30
Electrochemiluminescence sensing of vitamin B12 using laser-induced graphene based bipolar and single electrodes in a 3D-printed portable system	29
A new method for selective determination of creatinine using smartphone-based digital image	28
Fluid flow-based description of the geometrical features in fluidic channels using the Shannon’s information theory: an exploratory study	24
Experimental study of two-phase flow regimes in slit microchannels	23
Analysis of droplet displacement during transport of polydisperse emulsion as drug carriers in microchannels	21
Plane-symmetric co-flow capillary for the generation of monodisperse droplets	20
Controllable fusion of multicellular spheroids using acoustofluidics	19
A compact modularized power-supply system for stable flow generation in microfluidic devices	19
Glass capillary assembled microfluidic three-dimensional hydrodynamic focusing device for fluorescent particle detection	19
Flow regulation and drug delivery in bio-microfluidics using macro-porous ferrogel	19
Numerical modeling of photothermal effect in nanofluidic channels	17
Investigation of the impact of liquid presence on the acoustic streaming generated by a vibrating sharp tip capillary	17
A microfluidic sperm-sorting device based on rheotaxis effect	16
Flow characteristics prediction in a flow-focusing microchannel for a desired droplet size using an inverse model: experimental and numerical study	16
On-board reagent storage and release by solvent-selective, rotationally opened membranes: a digital twin approach	15
Electroosmosis and peristaltic mechanism in a symmetric channel flow	15
Particle finder: a simple particle detection tool for continuous-flow systems	14
Focused ion beam milling based formation of nanochannels in silicon-glass microfluidic chips for the study of ion transport	14
A low-cost method of fabricating Parylene-SU-8 micro-nanofluidic chip by thermal nanoimprint and multilayer compositing	14
Effect of cross-slot configuration in microfluidics on o/w emulsification at high throughput	13
Unidirectional particle transport in microfluidic chips operating in a tri-axial magnetic field for particle concentration and bio-analyte detection	13
A PDMS-based microfluidic system for assessment of the protective role of dexmedetomidine against sepsis-related glycocalyx degradation	13

Measurements of diffusion coefficient and kinetic diameter of acetone vapor via molecular tagging	13
Mixing mechanism of a straight channel micromixer based on light-actuated oscillating electroosmosis in low-frequency sinusoidal AC electric field	12
Generation of femtoliter liquid droplets in gas phase by microfluidic droplet shooter	12
Quantitative analysis for sweat-absorbing times of paper-based microfluidic chips	12
Analysis of interfacial mixing zone and mixing index in microfluidic channels	12
Dispersion control in pressure-driven flow through bowed rectangular microchannels	11
Performance enhancement of hollow fiber membrane contactors for CO2 absorption using MEA-based functionalized nanofluids	11
A simple approach to fabricate multi-layer glass microfluidic chips based on laser processing and thermocompression bonding	11
Fabrication of elastomeric microfluidic channels based on light-curing electrostatic printing	10
Automated microparticle positioning using a pair of ultrasound-actuated microbubbles for microfluidic applications	10
Pressure drop and bubble velocity in Taylor flow through square microchannel	10
Stiffness estimation and classification of biological cells using constriction microchannel: poroelastic model and machine learning	10
A review of experimental and simulation methods for determining accommodation coefficients, particularly TMAC, at fluid-surface interfaces	10
Design of a low-voltage dielectrophoresis lab-on-the chip to separate tumor and blood cells	10
Parametric study on the influence of varying angled inlet channels on mixing performance in simple T micromixers and vortex T micromixers across a wide range of Reynolds numbers	10
A magnetic bead array-based fluorescence immunoassay platform for robust cancer biomarker analysis in clinical blood samples	9
Template-assisted fabrication of moon-shaped channels for protein breakthrough analysis	9
Visualizing conformance control mechanisms in high-temperature reservoirs: a microfluidic analysis of Pickering emulsified gel systems	9
Impact of viscosity ratio on the mixing efficiency of a core–shell structured droplet micromixer	9
Investigation on the focusing and separation of polystyrene microbeads in an integrated microfluidic system using magnetized functionalized flexible micro-magnet arrays	9
Pressure-driven generation of complex microfluidic droplet networks	9
Variance-reduction kinetic simulation for characterization of surface and corner effects in low-speed rarefied gas flows through long micro-ducts	9
Performance analysis of T-shaped micromixers using an innovative bend structure of mixing channel	9
Design and proof-of-concept of a micropillar-based microfluidic chip for trapping and culture of single cells	9
Label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells using negative lateral dielectrophoresis-assisted inertial microfluidics	9
Process optimization for preparation of curcumin and quercetin co-encapsulated liposomes using microfluidic device	9
Fabrication for paper-based microfluidic analytical devices and saliva analysis application	8
High throughput cell mechanotyping of cell response to cytoskeletal modulations using a microfluidic cell deformation system	8
Correction: Characterization of microfluidic trap and mixer module for rapid fluorescent tagging of microplastics	8
Modeling and analysis of electrohydrodynamic printing under various pulsed voltage waveforms	8
3D microfluidics in PDMS: manufacturing with 3D molding	8
RETRACTED ARTICLE: One-parameter scaling transformations of Maxwell nanofluid with Ludwig–Soret and pedesis motion passed over stretching–shrinking surfaces	8
A novel approach to detect CD4 T-lymphocytes using a microfluidic chip and compact signal processing circuit	8
On the behavior of prolate spheroids in a standing surface acoustic wave field	8
A 3D hydrodynamic flow-focusing device for cell sorting	8
Microfluidic soluto-hydrodynamics using interactive patterned wall-slip and oscillatory thermo-capillarity	7
Physiological hypoxia promotes cancer cell migration and attenuates angiogenesis in co-culture using a microfluidic device	7
Lung-on-a-chip composed of styrene-butadiene-styrene nano-fiber/porous PDMS composite membranes with cyclic triaxial stimulation	7
Self-assembly of coated microdroplets at the sudden expansion of a microchannel	7
Multiscale modeling of lubrication flows under rarefied gas conditions	7
A look-up table protocol for calibrating standing SAW acoustofluidics	7
Flow rate variations in microfluidic circuits with free surfaces	7
Microfluidics geometries involved in effective blood plasma separation	7
Directional droplet transport on switchable ratchets by mechanowetting	7
Numerical investigation of transmission probability characteristics in the first low-density region of a laser wakefield accelerator	7
Dynamic response of a weakly ionized fluid in a vibrating Riga channel exposed to intense electromagnetic rotation	7
Spheroids, organoids and kidneys-on-chips: how complex human cellular models have assisted in the study of kidney disease and renal ciliopathies	7
Thermally stable and durable superhydrophobic surfaces on stainless steel sheets with microholes via acid pretreatment and modification with self-assembled monolayers	7
Oscillating magnetic field enhanced Janus particle swimming in shear flow	7
Transient flow patterns of start-up flow in round microcavities	6

Effect of hypoxic hepatocytes on normoxic proximal tubular cells on microfluidic devices	6
Quantitative numerical analysis of micro-thermal transpiration pump using kinetic theory of gases	6
Microfluidic synthesis of alginate co-polymeric microgels for enhanced protein delivery applications	6
Design and application of a self-pumping microfluidic staggered herringbone mixer	6
Electrically actuated peristaltic transport of viscoelastic fluid: a theoretical analysis	6
RF sensor-based tracking of nanoparticle’s morphological and relative arrangement variations	6
Correction to: Rarefied gas flow into vacuum through a channel with sudden contraction or expansion	6
Multiscale modelling of capillary imbibition in 3D-printed porous microfluidic channels	6
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) based nanofluid flow due to a rotating cylinder: static and dynamics models	6
Rapid scalable fabrication of stable copper electrowetting valves	5
Leveraging perturbation method for the analysis of field-driven microflow of Carreau fluid	5
Microfluidic paper-based analytical device (µPAD) fabricated by wax screen printing technique for the determination of nitrite and nitrate ion in water samples	5
A variational approach applied to reduce fouling with the electroosmotic flow in porous-wall microchannels	5
Microfluidic continuous flow DNA fragmentation based on a vibrating sharp-tip	5
Generation of transient and tunable oxygen gradients in microfluidic channels utilizing the oxygen scavenging properties of thiol-ene polymers	5
Label-free cancer cell separation from whole blood on centrifugal microfluidic platform using hydrodynamic technique	5
Study on effects of magnetic fields of different inhomogeneous on the formation mechanism of microdroplets	5
Modified capillary number to standardize droplet generation in suction-driven microfluidics	5
Methods and platforms for analysis of nucleic acids from single-cell based on microfluidics	5
Miniaturized DNA amplification platform with soft-lithographically fabricated continuous-flow PCR microfluidic device on a portable temperature controller	5
Localized flow control by photothermal actuation of pNIPAAm hydrogel brushes in a macroporous silicon membrane	5
Effect of finite spatial and temporal resolutions on super-resolution particle tracking velocimetry for pressure-driven flow in a nanochannel	5
Use microfluidics to create microdroplets for culturing and investigating algal cells in a high-throughput manner	5
Biological structural study for the blood casson fluid flow in catheterized diverging tapered stenosed arteries with emerging shaped nanoparticles: application in drug delivery	5
Cubic autocatalysis-based activation energy and thermophoretic diffusion effects of steady micro-polar nano-fluid	5
Simulation of the onset of convection in a porous medium layer saturated by a couple-stress nanofluid	5
Revolutionizing plasma separation: cutting-edge design, simulation, and optimization techniques in microfluidics using COMSOL	5
Isolation of primary brain endothelial cells, pericytes and astrocytes on a microfluidic immunopanning chip (MIC)	5
Microfluidic chip for synergic drugs assay in 3D breast cancer cell	5
Chemical reaction monitoring using tunable optofluidic Y-branch waveguides developed with counter-flow	5