"Extreme" Microfluidics: Large-volumes and Complex Fluids

TL;DR

This paper discusses advancements in microfluidics that enable processing large volumes of complex fluids, expanding its applications in medical and industrial fields.

Contribution

It introduces methods for scaling microfluidic processes to handle large fluid volumes, addressing a key limitation in the field.

Findings

Microfluidics can be effectively scaled for large-volume processing.

The approach broadens applications in medicine and industry.

Interest in large-volume microfluidics is rapidly increasing.

Abstract

Mehmet Toner is the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School, and Harvard - MIT Health Sciences & Technology. Here he describes his labs efforts to advance the field of microfluidics to process large-volumes of fluids. Although somewhat counterintuitive, this approach has found a broad interest in both academia and industry at an unprecedented rate due to its broad range of utility in medical and industrial applications.