OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of a low-cost paper-based microfluidic device for rapid detection of milk adulterants to ensure food safety	72
Fabrication of a microfluidic chip using mechanical micromilling for flocculant testing	37
Investigation of the impact of liquid presence on the acoustic streaming generated by a vibrating sharp tip capillary	35
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	28
Quantifying and modeling loss of estrogen and progesterone in PDMS-based devices	26
On-board reagent storage and release by solvent-selective, rotationally opened membranes: a digital twin approach	25
A low-cost method of fabricating Parylene-SU-8 micro-nanofluidic chip by thermal nanoimprint and multilayer compositing	24
A compact modularized power-supply system for stable flow generation in microfluidic devices	24
Process optimization for preparation of curcumin and quercetin co-encapsulated liposomes using microfluidic device	23
Pressure drop and bubble velocity in Taylor flow through square microchannel	23
Visualizing conformance control mechanisms in high-temperature reservoirs: a microfluidic analysis of Pickering emulsified gel systems	23
Modeling and analysis of electrohydrodynamic printing under various pulsed voltage waveforms	21
Study on effects of magnetic fields of different inhomogeneous on the formation mechanism of microdroplets	20
Integration of a finger-actuated quantitative drive module for point-of-care blood typing chips	20
Analysis of interfacial mixing zone and mixing index in microfluidic channels	20
Experimental study on slip flow of nitrogen through microchannels at atmospheric pressure	19
Modelling, simulation, and experimental characterization of particle sedimentation inside a horizontal syringe	19
Dynamic response of a weakly ionized fluid in a vibrating Riga channel exposed to intense electromagnetic rotation	18
Biological structural study for the blood casson fluid flow in catheterized diverging tapered stenosed arteries with emerging shaped nanoparticles: application in drug delivery	18
Evaluation of the cytotoxic effect of chitosan-zoledronic acid nanoparticles and free zoledronic acid against a549 lung cancer cells using microfluidic technology	17
On the viscous flow through a porous-walled pipe: asymptotic MHD effects	16
An investigation on microfluidic preparation of aluminum phosphate adjuvant	15
Reversible bonding for microfluidic devices with UV release tape	15
A “Plug-n-Play” permeable brick-based microfluidic pump	15
Multiscale modelling of capillary imbibition in 3D-printed porous microfluidic channels	15

Enhancement of the vorticity based on side feeding in a microdevice	15
A simple projection photolithography method for low-cost rapid prototyping of microfluidic chips	14
Sheathless inertial microfluidic cell separation via a serpentine–contraction–expansion device coupled with a combinatorial extraction regulator	14
A hybrid Gaussian mixture/DSMC approach to study the Fourier thermal problem	14
A mould-free soft-lithography approach for rapid, low-cost and bulk fabrication of microfluidic chips using photopolymer sheets	14
Characteristics of the travelling speed of droplet flow splitting in bifurcated minichannel networks	14
Computational analysis of Yamada–Ota and Xue models for surface tension gradient impact on radiative 3D flow of trihybrid nanofluid with Soret–Dufour effects	13
Effects of geometrical confinement on the generation of droplets at microfluidics T-junctions with rectangle channels	13
Identification of emulsification regimes in co-flow microfluidics using stroboscopic LED illumination	13
Patented technologies of microfluidic devices for targeted drug delivery: a revolution in optimization	12
PDMS-based microfluidic capillary pressure-driven viscometry and application to Drosophila melanogaster’s hemolymph	12
Microfluidic technologies: buffer exchange in bioprocessing, a mini review	12
Preparation of cobalt oxide and tin dioxide nanofluids and investigation of their thermophysical properties	12
Proliferation and weak aerotaxis changes the cancer cell distribution in oxygen gradients at physiological level	11
Ultrasensitive liquid density measurement using virtual coupling microchannel stainless steel cantilever	11
ZnO/glass-based SAW tweezer for dexterous particle patterning and patterned cell culturing	11
Phage-displayed antibody fragments in microfluidic paper-based devices: a novel approach for sensitive detection of glycine-extended gastrin 17 biomarker using gold nanoparticles	11
Cost-effective 3D H-filter fabricated by xurographic method	10
Investigation of bubble formation dynamics of gas-non-Newtonian liquid two-phase flow in a flow-focusing generator	10
Sustainable and optimized fabrication of microfluidic devices for electrochemical detection and monitoring of microbial biofilms	10
Interplay of acoustophoresis and dielectrophoresis in a standing surface acoustic wave field: from spherical to non-spherical particles	10
Enhancement of zebrafish sperm activation through microfluidic mixing induced by aquatic microrobots	10
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates prepared by controlled synthesis of gold nanobipyramids in microchannels	10
Surface acoustic wave-assisted microfluidic isolation of aptamers	10
SERS-active core-satellite nanostructures in a membrane filter-integrated microfluidic device for sensitive and continuous detection of trace molecules	10
A comprehensive literature review on microfluidic biochip technologies: techniques, challenges and future trends	9
Bypass resistive pulse sensor by MEMS technology	9
Copper capillaries with lubricant-infused walls: fabrication and drag reduction performance	9
Influence of electrode reactions on electroosmotic flow and ion transport in a microchannel	9
Quantifying the dielectrophoretic force on colloidal particles in microfluidic devices	9
Characterization of red blood cell deformability induced by acoustic radiation force	9
Simplifying biochemical signal transport in steady flows within a single-cell-trapping microchannel by linear low-order systems	8
Merged and alternating droplets generation in double T-junction microchannels using symmetrically inserted capillaries	8
A review of experimental and simulation methods for determining accommodation coefficients, particularly TMAC, at fluid-surface interfaces	8
Flow regulation and drug delivery in bio-microfluidics using macro-porous ferrogel	8
Energy dissipation mechanisms in droplet dynamics: implications for wetting phenomena	8
Analysis of sperm cell motion in high viscosity Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids using a microfluidic channel	8
Recent hypotheses on the parameters of microchannel flow boiling: a comprehensive overview	8
Plane-symmetric co-flow capillary for the generation of monodisperse droplets	8
Comprehensive characterization of a microfluidic platform for DEP manipulation and bio-impedance detection using multi-sized polystyrene microbeads	8
Enhanced particle focusing and sorting by multiple sheath stream in contraction–expansion microchannel	8
Energy efficiency and thermo-hydraulic performance of MWCNT/water nanofluid in flat and circular tubes	8
Microparticle separation based on size, density and shape in a sharp-corner MOFF channel using hydrodynamic effects	8
Microfluidic continuous flow DNA fragmentation based on a vibrating sharp-tip	7
Numerical characterization and optimization of the acoustic device for heterogeneous immunoassays	7
Stiffness influence on particle separation in polydimethylsiloxane-based deterministic lateral displacement devices	7
Physiological hypoxia promotes cancer cell migration and attenuates angiogenesis in co-culture using a microfluidic device	7
Modulation of cancer stemness property in head and neck cancer cells via circulatory fluid shear stress	7
A PDMS-based microfluidic system for assessment of the protective role of dexmedetomidine against sepsis-related glycocalyx degradation	7
Flow characteristics prediction in a flow-focusing microchannel for a desired droplet size using an inverse model: experimental and numerical study	7

Evaluation of dynamical-billiard-shaped chambers as divergent elements of passive micromixers	7
Quantitative numerical analysis of micro-thermal transpiration pump using kinetic theory of gases	7
RF sensor-based tracking of nanoparticle’s morphological and relative arrangement variations	7
Unidirectional particle transport in microfluidic chips operating in a tri-axial magnetic field for particle concentration and bio-analyte detection	7
Quantitative analysis for sweat-absorbing times of paper-based microfluidic chips	7
Using dimensionless numbers to understand interfacial mass transfer for parallel flow in a microchannel	7
Lab on a chip for detecting Clara cell protein 16 (CC16) for potential screening of the workers exposed to respirable silica aerosol	6
A novel algorithm for rapid estimation of magnetic particle trajectory in arbitrary magnetophoretic devices under continuous fluid flow	6
Enhancement in electroosmotic mixing in obstruction-laden microchannels	6
A low-cost and disposable capillary-based paper sensor for measuring blood-plasma viscosity using a smartphone app	6
The mechanisms and properties of inertial microfluidics: from fundamental models to biomedical applications	6
Magnetic nanodrug delivery in non-Newtonian blood flows	6
Analysis on Couette flow of a micropolar fluid through a circular annulus filled with the porous medium	6
Exploring the stability of single emulsion created by microfluidics and its use in the production of core–shell microparticles	6
Automated measurements and characterization of magnetic permeability in magnetorheological fluid	6
Numerical investigation of heat transfer and mixing process phenomena inside a channel containing a triangular bluff body and elastic micro-beam: gap spacing and geometric characteristic effects	6
A magnetically driven elastic rod type bi-directional swimmer at stokes flow	6
Analysis and optimization of microfluidic systems for real-time detection of nutrients in soil based on computational fluid dynamics and response surface methodology	6
Electrically actuated peristaltic transport of viscoelastic fluid: a theoretical analysis	6
Waviness-induced passive particle manipulation of very dilute suspensions in confined microfluidic flows	6
Effects of porous media geometry and oil repellents on enhanced recovery in water-wet microfluidic chips	6
Directional droplet transport on switchable ratchets by mechanowetting	6
Model order reduction for the 1D Boltzmann-BGK equation: identifying intrinsic variables using neural networks	6
A hierarchical levitating cluster containing transforming small aggregates of water droplets	6