title: The potential impact of droplet microfluidics in biology.
abstract: Droplet microfluidics, which involves micrometer-sized emulsion droplets on a microfabricated platform, is an active research endeavor that evolved out of the larger field of microfluidics. Recently, this subfield of microfluidics has started to attract greater interest because researchers have been able to demonstrate applications of droplets as miniaturized laboratories for biological measurements. This perspective explores the recent developments and the potential future biological applications of droplet microfluidics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreutz
authors.forename: Daniel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004247:DNA