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Each abstract must not exceed 500 words and cannot include figures.
During the submission process, please select the topic of your abstract from the list of topics provided below.
1. Flow, wetting, and transport phenomena
(e.g.: multiphase and interfacial dynamics; droplet, digital, and open microfluidics; optofluidics; electrokinetic, magnetohydrodynamic and acoustic transport; complex fluids and microrheology; flow instabilities and wall slip effects; flow and transport in porous media; microfluidic networks; mixing and heat transfer; inertial and viscoelastic microfluidics; diffusive processes; …)
2. Microfabrication and device engineering
(e.g.: micro- and nano-fabrication, 3D printing; novel materials and surface modifications; wearable and disposable devices; paper microfluidics; microfluidic sensors and actuators; …)
3. Analytical and chemical applications
(e.g.: microfluidics for chemical characterization and screening; nanoparticle and polymer synthesis; separation and detection methods; spectroscopy and optical detection; continuous-flow microreactors; …)
4. Ecology and sustainable processes
(e.g.: environmental analysis and water-quality monitoring; detection of pollutants and pathogens; microbial ecology and biofilm studies; soil, plant, and aquatic microenvironments on-chip; microalgae cultivation and photosynthetic microreactors; quantitative biodiversity and ecosystem service assessment; food processing and safety control; …)
5. Cells, microbes, and extracellular vesicles manipulation
(e.g.: cell trapping and sorting; single-cell analysis and omics on-chip; ‘mother machines’ devices; cell signaling and chemotaxis; exosomes and extracellular vesicles characterization; high-throughput screening; …)
6. Organ-on-a-chip and translational models
(e.g.: microphysiological systems; disease modelling and drug screening; circulating tumor cells and rare cell capture; immunoassays and clinical diagnostics; synthetic biology and microbiome-on-a-chip; …)
7. Nanofluidics and molecular transport
(e.g.: nanopores and nanochannels; electroosmotic and pressure-driven nanoflows; nanofluidic separation and desalination; …)
8. Computational and data-driven approaches in microfluidics
(e.g.: machine learning and AI for flow analysis and prediction; computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics simulations; design and optimization of microfluidic devices; digital twins and automated experiment design; …)
9. High-energy spectroscopy and advanced imaging methods coupled with microfluidics
(e.g.: X-ray, synchrotron, or neutron-based spectroscopy; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and ultrafast laser spectroscopy; …)
10. Space and microgravity research
(e.g.: capillary and multiphase flow in microgravity; space-based bioprocessing and diagnostics; organ-on-a-chip and cellular studies in microgravity; microfluidic experiments in space and microgravity simulators; …)
11. Other
(this category welcomes interdisciplinary and unconventional contributions in microfluidics that do not fit within the previous topics)