Measurement and Standardization in Microfluidic Devices: Fabrication and Testing

Dear Colleagues,

In the last decade, the field of microfluidics has seen a phenomenal growth. However, in absence of well-established calibration procedures or standards, high quality microfluidic device production has been limited to experienced manufacturer who possess relevant expertise. Despite the academic impact of microfluidics (societal, health, well-being, environment), success stories are rare in comparison. There appears to be a gap between laboratory developed microfluidic devices and a reliable and reproducible product because of several reasons - lack of reliability in microfluidic components, lack of standardized methodologies, existence of a variety of connectors but no consensus on testing needed to evaluate them, incompatibility of materials chosen during device ideation in context of scaling up, lack of traceability of the physical and chemical functionality of the device, and for metrological operations involved in the lifetime of microfluidic devices. To help address this gap, this special issue is soliciting articles that can be adapted as guidelines, methodologies, etc. by standard development organizations and used in future designing, material selection and testing of microfluidic devices. We hope the articles written to address the gap will not only de-risk the microfluidics technology and lead to more reliable devices, and in addition may also enable small and large businesses to streamline their product development in a cost-effective manner.

Dr. Elsa Batista
Dr. Darwin R. Reyes
Dr. Suvajyoti Guha
Guest Editors

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• microfluidics
• metrology
• standardization
• measurement
• traceability
• fabrication