Microfluidics are the tools and techniques used to manipulate and monitor fluid of volumes on the microscale or below. The properties of fluid at this scale yield unique advantages, which has attracted significant interest in chemical and biological sciences.

Although numerous microfluidic systems have been developed and adopted in various applications such as genomics, proteomics, drug screening, and so on, there is still a “killer application” missing for them to take off. On a fundamental basis, microfluidics have undergone significant development. However, they are lacking a persuasive case of replacing conventional technologies with their performance, utility, and functionality.

While waiting for the evolutional application of microfluidics, we will see more and more microfluidic-embedded devices available.