Collection
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics for Infectious Disease
Description
Infectious disease has been impacting human, animal, and plant health for centuries. In time, science and technological development have helped find both preventative and curative remedies for a variety of infectious diseases due to the multitude of pathogenic organisms (e.g., bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi). Additionally, diagnostic methods have also advanced to enable fast, realiable and cost-effective methods. In recent years, the development of a variety of microfluidic and nanofluidic approaches has led to much growth in infectious diagnostics, especially as point-of-care or point-of-need devices. Many of the translational devices rely on sophisticated fluid sample processing and handling, advanced separations including target analyte isolation, signal amplification, and detection and read-out on-chip. This topical collection encourages submission of all infectious disease related methods, fundamental science, and translational papers of relevance to the microfluidics and nanofluidics community.
Topics of Interest
Diagnostics of infectious disease (including rapid and low-cost diagnostics; includes devices for humans, animals, and plants)
Nanoparticle flows for drug delivery for infectious disease On-chip disease models
Enabling technologies for infectious disease diagnostics (e.g., on-chip sample handling, readouts, amplification, pathogen detection)
Biosensors
Fabrication of innovative devices
Capillary flows for disease progression
Enabling technologies for high throughput testing of drugs, vaccines and antibiotics against infectious disease
Important Dates
Submissions Open: February 15, 2023
Submissions Closed: September 15, 2023
Submission Instructions
Authors submitting to this collection should select "Submit manuscript" on the journal website (https://www.springer.com/journal/10404) in order to be transferred to the submission system. During the submission process, navigate to the "details" tab, and select "Microfluidics and Nanofluidics for Infectious Disease" under the "Collections" heading.
Editors
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Weihua Guan
Pennsylvania State University, USA
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Shaurya Prakash
The Ohio State University, USA
