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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Fabrication of a microfluidic chip using mechanical micromilling for flocculant testing	80
Quantifying and modeling loss of estrogen and progesterone in PDMS-based devices	36
Lab-on-a-chip systems for modelling peripheral nerve injury and neurodegenerative disease: state of the art and beyond	34
Systematic microfluidic study of the mechanisms of intensification of oil recovery by nanomodified surfactant-polymer compositions	33
Process optimization for preparation of curcumin and quercetin co-encapsulated liposomes using microfluidic device	29
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
Development of a low-cost paper-based microfluidic device for rapid detection of milk adulterants to ensure food safety	28
A low-cost method of fabricating Parylene-SU-8 micro-nanofluidic chip by thermal nanoimprint and multilayer compositing	26
Visualizing conformance control mechanisms in high-temperature reservoirs: a microfluidic analysis of Pickering emulsified gel systems	26
A compact modularized power-supply system for stable flow generation in microfluidic devices	26
Investigation of the impact of liquid presence on the acoustic streaming generated by a vibrating sharp tip capillary	24
Pressure drop and bubble velocity in Taylor flow through square microchannel	23
Modeling and analysis of electrohydrodynamic printing under various pulsed voltage waveforms	22
Analysis of interfacial mixing zone and mixing index in microfluidic channels	22
Integration of a finger-actuated quantitative drive module for point-of-care blood typing chips	19
Biological structural study for the blood casson fluid flow in catheterized diverging tapered stenosed arteries with emerging shaped nanoparticles: application in drug delivery	19
Evaluation of the cytotoxic effect of chitosan-zoledronic acid nanoparticles and free zoledronic acid against a549 lung cancer cells using microfluidic technology	19
Experimental study on slip flow of nitrogen through microchannels at atmospheric pressure	17
Size-dependent shape and adhesion of sessile droplets on atomically smooth surfaces	17
Study on effects of magnetic fields of different inhomogeneous on the formation mechanism of microdroplets	17
Dynamic response of a weakly ionized fluid in a vibrating Riga channel exposed to intense electromagnetic rotation	17
On the viscous flow through a porous-walled pipe: asymptotic MHD effects	17
An investigation on microfluidic preparation of aluminum phosphate adjuvant	15
Modelling, simulation, and experimental characterization of particle sedimentation inside a horizontal syringe	15
Investigation on the characteristics of water transport in nanochannels under an electric field	14

A hybrid Gaussian mixture/DSMC approach to study the Fourier thermal problem	14
Manipulation of microparticles using acoustic actuators: a review	14
Sheathless inertial microfluidic cell separation via a serpentine–contraction–expansion device coupled with a combinatorial extraction regulator	14
Characteristics of the travelling speed of droplet flow splitting in bifurcated minichannel networks	14
Effects of geometrical confinement on the generation of droplets at microfluidics T-junctions with rectangle channels	13
A “Plug-n-Play” permeable brick-based microfluidic pump	13
Identification of emulsification regimes in co-flow microfluidics using stroboscopic LED illumination	12
A mould-free soft-lithography approach for rapid, low-cost and bulk fabrication of microfluidic chips using photopolymer sheets	12
Computational analysis of Yamada–Ota and Xue models for surface tension gradient impact on radiative 3D flow of trihybrid nanofluid with Soret–Dufour effects	12
Preparation of cobalt oxide and tin dioxide nanofluids and investigation of their thermophysical properties	11
Interplay of acoustophoresis and dielectrophoresis in a standing surface acoustic wave field: from spherical to non-spherical particles	11
PDMS-based microfluidic capillary pressure-driven viscometry and application to Drosophila melanogaster’s hemolymph	11
Ultrasensitive liquid density measurement using virtual coupling microchannel stainless steel cantilever	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
Enhancement of zebrafish sperm activation through microfluidic mixing induced by aquatic microrobots	11
ZnO/glass-based SAW tweezer for dexterous particle patterning and patterned cell culturing	11
Cost-effective 3D H-filter fabricated by xurographic method	10
Photoporation reimagined: microfluidic paradigm for precision and safe intracellular delivery of large cargos	10
Microfluidic technologies: buffer exchange in bioprocessing, a mini review	10
Proliferation and weak aerotaxis changes the cancer cell distribution in oxygen gradients at physiological level	10
Investigation of bubble formation dynamics of gas-non-Newtonian liquid two-phase flow in a flow-focusing generator	10
Patented technologies of microfluidic devices for targeted drug delivery: a revolution in optimization	10
Sustainable and optimized fabrication of microfluidic devices for electrochemical detection and monitoring of microbial biofilms	9
Bypass resistive pulse sensor by MEMS technology	9
Copper capillaries with lubricant-infused walls: fabrication and drag reduction performance	9
A comprehensive literature review on microfluidic biochip technologies: techniques, challenges and future trends	9
Acoustophoretic migration of a microparticle in immiscible coflowing liquids	9
Influence of electrode reactions on electroosmotic flow and ion transport in a microchannel	9
SERS-active core-satellite nanostructures in a membrane filter-integrated microfluidic device for sensitive and continuous detection of trace molecules	9
Analysis of sperm cell motion in high viscosity Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids using a microfluidic channel	8
Enhanced particle focusing and sorting by multiple sheath stream in contraction–expansion microchannel	8
Microparticle separation based on size, density and shape in a sharp-corner MOFF channel using hydrodynamic effects	8
Plane-symmetric co-flow capillary for the generation of monodisperse droplets	8
Simplifying biochemical signal transport in steady flows within a single-cell-trapping microchannel by linear low-order systems	8
Comprehensive characterization of a microfluidic platform for DEP manipulation and bio-impedance detection using multi-sized polystyrene microbeads	8
Energy dissipation mechanisms in droplet dynamics: implications for wetting phenomena	8
A review of experimental and simulation methods for determining accommodation coefficients, particularly TMAC, at fluid-surface interfaces	8
Energy efficiency and thermo-hydraulic performance of MWCNT/water nanofluid in flat and circular tubes	8
Recent hypotheses on the parameters of microchannel flow boiling: a comprehensive overview	8
Analysis of the rarefied flow at micro-step using a DeepONet surrogate model with a physics-guided zonal loss function	8
Merged and alternating droplets generation in double T-junction microchannels using symmetrically inserted capillaries	8
Quantitative analysis for sweat-absorbing times of paper-based microfluidic chips	7
RF sensor-based tracking of nanoparticle’s morphological and relative arrangement variations	7
Analysis and optimization of microfluidic systems for real-time detection of nutrients in soil based on computational fluid dynamics and response surface methodology	7
Magnetic nanodrug delivery in non-Newtonian blood flows	7
A hierarchical levitating cluster containing transforming small aggregates of water droplets	7
Stiffness influence on particle separation in polydimethylsiloxane-based deterministic lateral displacement devices	7
Numerical characterization and optimization of the acoustic device for heterogeneous immunoassays	7
A PDMS-based microfluidic system for assessment of the protective role of dexmedetomidine against sepsis-related glycocalyx degradation	7
The mechanisms and properties of inertial microfluidics: from fundamental models to biomedical applications	7

Model order reduction for the 1D Boltzmann-BGK equation: identifying intrinsic variables using neural networks	7
Physiological hypoxia promotes cancer cell migration and attenuates angiogenesis in co-culture using a microfluidic device	7
Using dimensionless numbers to understand interfacial mass transfer for parallel flow in a microchannel	7
Flow regulation and drug delivery in bio-microfluidics using macro-porous ferrogel	7
Unidirectional particle transport in microfluidic chips operating in a tri-axial magnetic field for particle concentration and bio-analyte detection	7
Electrically actuated peristaltic transport of viscoelastic fluid: a theoretical analysis	7
A low-cost and disposable capillary-based paper sensor for measuring blood-plasma viscosity using a smartphone app	7
Microfluidic continuous flow DNA fragmentation based on a vibrating sharp-tip	7
Lab on a chip for detecting Clara cell protein 16 (CC16) for potential screening of the workers exposed to respirable silica aerosol	7
Evaluation of dynamical-billiard-shaped chambers as divergent elements of passive micromixers	7
A novel algorithm for rapid estimation of magnetic particle trajectory in arbitrary magnetophoretic devices under continuous fluid flow	6
Effects of porous media geometry and oil repellents on enhanced recovery in water-wet microfluidic chips	6
Analysis on Couette flow of a micropolar fluid through a circular annulus filled with the porous medium	6
Deep learning-driven correction of motion-induced artifacts in microfluidic on-chip fluorescence microscopy for robust cell classification	6
On-chip flow rate sensing via membrane deformation and bistability probed by microwave resonators	6
Enhancement in electroosmotic mixing in obstruction-laden microchannels	6
Exploring the stability of single emulsion created by microfluidics and its use in the production of core–shell microparticles	6
Fabrication of microtiter plate on paper using 96-well plates for wax stamping	6
Automated measurements and characterization of magnetic permeability in magnetorheological fluid	6
On-chip inductive sensor for ultra-high-throughput integrated detection of oil contamination and viscosity	6
Transport properties of anti-symmetrically charged nanochannels in symmetrical electrolyte solutions	6
Synthesis of tunable gold nanostars via 3D-printed microfluidic device with vibrating sharp-tip acoustic mixing	6
Liquid drops on compliant and non-compliant substrates: an ellipsoid-based fitting for approximating drop shape and volume	6
Waviness-induced passive particle manipulation of very dilute suspensions in confined microfluidic flows	6
Study of the biocompatibility of polymeric resins processed by 3D printing for applications in manufacturing of devices for short term 3D cultures	6
An experimental study of pulsatile mixing in a T-junction at low/moderate Reynolds number	6