# Microfluidics

> Microfluidics manipulates fluids at the microliter to nanoliter scale in networks of channels with dimensions from tens to hundreds of micrometers. Droplet microfluidics generates millions of monodisperse emulsion droplets per second, each acting as a microreactor for single-cell sequencing, directed evolution, or digital PCR. Organ-on-chip devices recreate the mechanical and biochemical microenvironment of tissues, offering predictive models of drug toxicity and absorption that bridge the gap between cell culture and animal experiments. Miniaturized diagnostic platforms bring laboratory-grade analyses to point-of-care settings, enabling rapid pathogen detection in low-resource environments. Microfluidics is central to next-generation liquid biopsy, cell therapy manufacturing, and high-throughput combinatorial screening.

*Source: [https://selltoscientists.com/fields/microfluidics/](https://selltoscientists.com/fields/microfluidics/)*

**Researcher count:** 23,000
**Average funding:** $530K

## Subfields

- Droplet Microfluidics
- Organ-on-a-Chip
- Digital Microfluidics
- Microfluidic Diagnostics
- Electrowetting

## Key technologies

- PDMS Soft Lithography
- 3D-Printed Microchannels
- Electrokinetics
- Single-Cell Encapsulation
- Point-of-Care Biosensors

## Top institutions

- Harvard Wyss Institute
- Stanford University
- University of Toronto
- EPFL Lausanne
- University of Twente

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