Microfluidics and Nanotechnology: Biosensing to the Single Molecule Limit

While similar books concentrate only on microfluidics or nanotechnology, this book describes integrated approaches for the detection of single cells and molecules. Focusing exclusively on biological and chemical targets, it explores state-of-the-art physical, chemical, contact, and noncontact detection methods, explaining the theory behind the different techniques. By highlighting a variety of technologies, the text allows for a comparison of the fundamental advantages and challenges of each, as well as an appreciation of the power of leveraging scalability and integration to achieve sensitivity at low cost.