%0 Journal Article
%T Special Issue: Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Platforms for High-Performance Diagnostics
%A Jens Ducr¨Ĥe
%J Diagnostics
%D 2012
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/diagnostics2010001
%X The field of microfluidics has seen breath-taking progress since its beginnings in the 1980s and early 1990s. While much of the initial work was a by-product of mainstream micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and silicon based fabrication schemes, soon a specialized research field developed. Over the last decade a strong, highly interdisciplinary microfluidics community emerged with roots in classical silicon microfabrication as well as chemistry, physics, biotechnology, medicine and various engineering disciplines. [...]
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/2/1/1