Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices: history and challenges -- Basic microfluidics theory -- Design and simulation of lab-on-a-chip devices -- A considered approach to Lab-on-a-chip fabrication -- Fluidic platforms and components of Lab-on-chip devices -- Fluidic platforms and components of Lab-on-Chip devices -- Microfluidic electrochemical biosensors: fabrication and applications -- Applications of paper-based diagnostics -- Microfluidics in planar microchannels: Synthesis of chemical compounds on-chip.

This book covers all the steps in order to fabricate a lab-on-a-chip device starting from the idea, the design, simulation, fabrication and final evaluation. Additionally, it includes basic theory on microfluidics essential to understand how fluids behave at such reduced scale. Examples of successful histories of lab-on-a-chip systems that made an impact in fields like biomedicine and life sciences are also provided.