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This chapter gives an overview of microfluidics and microfluidic biochips. We discuss two main microfluidic biochip platforms: digital (droplet-based) microfluidic biochips (DMF) and continuous (flow-based) microfluidic biochips. We focus on flow-based biochips in this chapter as well as in the rest of the book. Flow-based microfluidics refers to a technology that utilizes microchannels and microvalves to manipulate fluid and suspended objects in a controlled manner at the nanoliter scale. Basic components and typical application areas for these devices are reviewed, and the motivation behind the work presented in this book is introduced. At the end of the chapter, we outline the structure of the book and an overview of the topics covered.

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  3. Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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Hu, K., Chakrabarty, K., Ho, TY. (2017). Introduction. In: Computer-Aided Design of Microfluidic Very Large Scale Integration (mVLSI) Biochips. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56255-1_1

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