Journal
MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-019-2198-x
Keywords
Active pumping; Automation; Centrifugal microfluidics; Integration; Valving; Sample preparation
Funding
- GRDI-funded program Strengthening Food and Water Safety in Canada through an Integrated Federal Genomics Initiative
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This review is an account of centrifugal microfluidic systems that use various actuation strategies in addition to intrinsic centrifugal forces to accurately regulate the motion of fluids during rotation. Platforms that integrate active methods of pumping and flow control render centrifugal microfluidics more versatile as they facilitate integration and process automation by enabling (or improving the reliability of) important fluidic functions, such as metering, aliquoting, valving, flow switching, mixing, and inward pumping. Principles and working mechanisms underlying these strategies are described in the context of recent trends in instrument design and development where centrifugal platforms have been equipped with pneumatic, magnetic or electromechanical actuators serving as pumping and valving elements. The potential of these platforms to perform complex bioanalytical assays in an automated fashion is illustrated by several examples, which include on-chip preparation of aliquot libraries, nucleic acid purification, amplification and analysis as well as blood separation.
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