A review on application of graphene‐based microfluidics

Abstract

This review reports on the progress of recent developments in graphene-based microfluidics. The applications of graphene-based microfluidics that are the focus of this work are illustrated and discussed mainly with examples from detection of viruses and disease, detection of proteins and glucose, detection of contaminants, and applications in sensors and material preparation. A variety of microfluidic devices integrated with graphene are expounded and analysed. This paper will provide an expedient and valuable reference to designers researching graphene-based microfluidics for various applications.Graphene-based microfluidics for other microfluidic devices Sui et al. described a novel microfluidic platform for use in electrocrystallization experiments. The device incorporated ultra-thin graphene-based films as electrodes and as X-ray

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