A lab-on-a-chip (LOC) is a device that integrates one or several laboratory functions on a single integrated circuit of only millimeters to a few square centimeters to achieve automation and high-throughput screening. LOCs can handle extremely small fluid volumes down to less than pico-liters. Lab-on-a-chip devices are a subset of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and sometimes called "micro total analysis systems" (mTAS). LOCs may use microfluidics, the physics, manipulation and study of minute amounts of fluids. However, strictly regarded "lab-on-a-chip" indicates generally the scaling of single or multiple lab processes down to chip-format, whereas "mTAS" is dedicated to the integration of the total sequence of lab processes to perform chemical analysis. The term "lab-on-a-chip" was introduced when it turned out that mTAS technologies were applicable for more than only analysis purposes.

How You Will Benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Lab-on-a-chip

Chapter 2: Assay

Chapter 3: Dielectrophoresis

Chapter 4: Immunoassay

Chapter 5: Electrophysiology

Chapter 6: Microfluidics

Chapter 7: Materials science

(II) Answering the public top questions about lab on a chip.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of lab on a chip in many fields.

(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of lab on a chip' technologies.

Who This Book Is For

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of lab on a chip.