Biological and Medical Sensor Technologies

5 Toward Printable Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies for Cell Analytics

Martin Brischwein, Giuseppe Scarpa, Helmut Grothe, Bernhard Wolf, and Stefan Thalhammer

CONTENTS

5.1     Background and Introduction

5.2     Cell Culturing and Monitoring in Microdevices

5.2.1     Cellular Systems

5.2.2     Detecting Cellular Output Signals

5.2.3     Chip Fabrication and Packaging

5.2.4     System Engineering

5.2.5     Case Study: Analysis of Human Tumor Explants

5.3     Cell Manipulation Using Lab-on-a-Chip Approaches

5.3.1     Smallest Droplet Actuation

5.4     Challenges of Organic Electronics

5.5     Future Perspectives

References

5.1 Background and Introduction

Approximately two decades ago, a handful of researchers began discussing an intriguing idea: Could ...