Publications 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | Conferences

2008

• Lung-Hsin Hung, Robert Lin, and Abraham P. Lee, “Rapid microfabrication of solvent-resistant biocompatible microfluidic devices”, Lab on a Chip, vol. 8, pp. 983 - 987, 2008.

• Lisa A. Flanagan, Jente Lu, Lisen Wang, Steve A. Marchenko, Noo Li Jeon, Abraham P. Lee, Edwin S. Monuki, “Unique Dielectric Properties Distinguish Stem Cells and their Differentiated Progeny”, Stem Cells, vol. 26 (3), pp. 656 -665, 2008.

• Yung-Chieh Tan, Yao-Li Ho, and Abraham P. Lee, "Microfluidic Sorting of Droplets by Size". Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 4 (4), pp. 343-348, 2008.

• Shia-Yen Teh, Robert Lin, Lung-Hsin Hung, and Abraham P. Lee, “Droplet Microfluidics”, Lab on a Chip, vol. 8 (2), pp. 198-220, 2008.

• Esra Talu, Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Robert L. Powell, Abraham. P. Lee, Paul A. Dayton, Marjorie L. Longo, “Maintaining Monodispersity in a Microbubble Population Formed by Flow Focusing”, Langmuir, vol. 24 (5), pp. 1745-1749, 2008.

2007

• Esra Talu, Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Shukui Zhao, Robert L. Powell, Abraham. P. Lee, Marjorie L. Longo, Paul A. Dayton, “Tailoring the size distribution of ultrasound contrast agents: A possible method for improving sensitivity in molecular imaging”, Molecular Imaging, vol. 6 (6), pp. 384-392, 2007.

• Yung-Chieh Tan, Yao-Li Ho, and Abraham P. Lee, "Droplet coalescence by geometrically mediated flow in microfluidic channels". Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 3 (4), pp. 495-499, 2007.

• Lisen Wang, Lisa A. Flanagan, Noo Li Jeon, Edwin Monuki, and Abraham P.
  Lee, "Dielectrophoresis Switching with Vertical Sidewall Electrodes for
  Microfluidic Flow Cytometry", Lab on a Chip, vol.7 (9), pp. 1114-1120, 2007.

• Lisen Wang, Lisa Flanagan, and Abraham P. Lee*, "Side-Wall Vertical Electrodes for Lateral Field Microfluidic Applications", Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol 16 (2), pp. 454-461, 2007.

• Lung-Hsin Hung and Abraham P. Lee*, "Microfluidic Devices for the Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Biomaterials", Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, vol. 27 (1), pp. 1-6, 2007.

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Esra Talu, Marjorie L. Longo, Paul A. Dayton, and Abraham P. Lee*, "On-chip generation of microbubbles as a practical technology for manufacturing contrast agents for ultrasonic imaging", Lab on a Chip, vol. 7 (4), pp. 463-468, 2007.

• John Collins and Abraham P. Lee, "Control of serial microfluidics droplet size gradient by step-wise ramping of flow rates", Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 3 (1), pp.19-25, 2007.

2006

• Dan Nicolau, Dan V. Nicolau, Jr., Gerardin Solana, Kristi L. Hanson, Luisa Filipponi, Lisen Wang, Abraham P. Lee, “Fungi use efficient algorithms for the exploration of microfluidics networks”, Small, vol. 2 (10), pp. 1212-1220, 2006.

• Dan V. Nicolau, Dan V. Nicolau Jr., Gerardin Solana, Kristi L. Hanson, Luisa Filipponi, Lisen Wang, Abraham P. Lee*, "Molecular motors-based micro- and nano-biocomputation devices", Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 83, pp. 1582–1588, 2006.

• Yung-Chieh Tan, Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Maria Siu, Yen-Ru Pan, and Abraham
  Phillip Lee*, "Controlled Microfluidic Encapsulation of Cells, Proteins and
  Microbeads in Lipid Vesicles", Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 128(17), pp. 5656 - 5658, 2006. Preparation Instructions

• Y.-C. Tan, V. Cristini, and A.P. Lee, "Monodispersed Microfluidic Droplet Generation by Shear Focusing Microfluidic Device", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 114(1), pp. 350- 356, 2006.

• L.-H. Hung, K.M. Choi, W.-Y. Tseng, Y.-C. Tan, K.J. Shea, and A.P. Lee, "Alternating droplet generation and controlled dynamic droplet fusion in microfluidic device for CdS nanoparticles synthesis", Lab on a Chip, vol. 6, 1-6, 2006.

2005

• Y.-C. Tan and A.P. Lee, "Microfluidic separation of satellite droplets as the basis of a monodispersed micron and submicron emulsification system", Lab on a Chip, vol. 5, 1178-1183, 2005.

• B.G. Chung, L.A. Flanagan, S.W. Rhee, P.H. Schwartz, A.P. Lee, E.S. Monuki, and N. L. Jeon, "Human Neural Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation in a Gradient-Generating Microfluidic Device", Lab on a Chip, volume 5, issue 4, 2005.

2004

• Yung-Chieh Tan, Jeffrey S. Fisher, Alan I. Lee, Vittorio Cristini, Abraham Phillip Lee, Design of microfluidic channel geometries for the control of droplet volume, chemical concentration, and sorting, Lab on a Chip, 2004, 292-298.

• John Collins and Abraham P. Lee, Microfluidic Flow Transducer Based on the Measurement of Electrical Admittance, Lab. Chip., 2004, 4, 7-10.

2003

• Asuncion V. Lemoff and Abraham P. Lee, An AC Magnetohydrodynamic Microfluidic Switch for Micrototal Analysis Systems, Biomedical Microdevices, 5:1, 55-60, 2003.

Conference Publications

• Armando Tovar, Rajtarun Madangopal, Jeff Draper, Abraham P. Lee, “Lateral Cavity Acoustic Transducer”, The Twelth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2008), San Diego, CA, USA, October 12-16, 2008

• Jente Lu, Lisa A. Flanagan, Edwin S. Monuki, Abraham P. Lee, “A Novel Microfluidic Device Combining Dielectrophoresis-Based Cell Patterning and 3D Biomaterials for Stimulating Central Nervous System Lesion Sites”, The Twelth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2008), San Diego, CA, USA, October 12-16, 2008

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Paul A. Dayton, Abraham P. Lee, “Multimodal Particles for Biological Detection and Therapy”, The Twelth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2008), San Diego, CA, USA, October 12-16, 2008

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi and Abraham P. Lee, “Venturi-Based Two-Layer Microfluidic Pumping System”, The Twelth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2008), San Diego, CA, USA, October 12-16, 2008

• Kateryna Bilotkach and Abraham P. Lee, “Fabrication of PDMS Membranes with Aqueous Molds for Microfluidic Systems”, The Twelth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2008), San Diego, CA, USA, October 12-16, 2008

• Wei-Yu Tseng, Jeffery S Fisher, Kentaro Rinaldi, Abraham P Lee, "A Slow-adapting microfluidic based tactile sensor”, IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical System, p.912-915, Tucson, Arizona, USA, January 13-17, 2008

• Albert Tsung-Hsi Hsieh, Jen-Hao Pan, Pablo G Pinasco, Jeff Fisher, Lung-Hsin Hung, Abraham P. Lee, "Polymer Microsphere Mass Production using 128-Channel Digital Fluidic Chip”, The Eleventh International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2007), p.346-348, Paris, France, October 7-11, 2007

• Armando Tovar, Abraham P. Lee, “Biomolecule Immobilization on AU Surfaces within a Sealed PDMS Microsystem”, The Eleventh International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2007), p.1024-1026, Paris, France, October 7-11, 2007

• Jeff S. Fisher, Tim S. Kuo, Jason Poulos, and Abraham P. Lee, “Design Parameters for 1XN Microdroplet Switch”, The Eleventh International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2007), p.1531-1533, Paris, France, October 7-11, 2007

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Esra Talu, Marjorie L. Longo, Paul A. Dayton, Abraham P. Lee, “Manufacture of Dual-Layer Microbubble Lipospheres as Drug Delivery Vehicles in Microfluidic Devices”, The Eleventh International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2007), p.191-193, Paris, France, October 7-11, 2007

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Esra Talu, Marjorie L. Longo, Paul A. Dayton, Abraham P. Lee, “Multi-Array Flow-Focusing Devices to Accelerate Production of Microbubbles for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging”, The Eleventh International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2007), p.664-666, Paris, France, October 7-11, 2007

• Albert Tsung-Hsi Hsieh, Jen-Hao Pan, Abraham P. Lee, "Photobleaching Free DNA Hybridization Kinetics Evaluation Using Chemically Identical Repeating Microdroplet", The 2nd International Congress of Nanobiotechnology & Nanomedicine (NANOBIO 2007), p10-1~10-3, San Francisco, CA, June 18-21, 2007

• Liao, U., Felgner, P. and Lee, A.P., “A microfluidic approach and enhancement of a colorimetric protein microarray ELISA for the detection of infectious diseases”, p. 102, 8th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, UC San Francisco, USA, June 15-17, 2007

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Esra Talu, Marjorie L. Longo, Paul A. Dayton, Abraham P. Lee, “On-Chip Generation of Lipid-Stabilized Microbubble Contrast Agents for Echocardiography”, p. 47-48, 8th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, UC San Francisco, USA, June 15-17, 2007

• Liao, U., Felgner, P., Lee, A.P., “A microfluidic approach and enhancement towards a colorimetric enzyme-linked-immunosorbent-assay for diagnostic detection of infectious diseases”, Proceeding of BioMed2007, 2nd Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference June 7-8, 2007, Irvine, California, USA

• Lisen Wang, Abraham P Lee, "Dielectrophoretic Microfluidic Switching for Lab on a Chip Applications," Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Vol. 1004, 1004-P08-04, 2007

• Albert Tsung-Hsi Hsieh, Yuh Adam Lin, Jen-Hao Pan, Abraham P. Lee, "Evaluation of Hybridization Kinetics of Molecular Beacons using Picoliter Microfluidic Droplet with Millisecond Resolution," The Tenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2006), p.1321-1322, Tokyo, Japan, November 5-9, 2006

• Albert Tsung-Hsi Hsieh, Jen-Hao Pan, Yuh Adam Lin, Abraham P. Lee, "Monodisperse Liposomal Gene Carrier Formulation in Picoliter Micro-reactor for Consistent and Efficient Gene Delivery", The Tenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2006), p.1369-1371, Tokyo, Japan, November 5-9, 2006

• John Collins, Jeff Fan, Reza Moghbel, Albert Tsung-Hsi Hsieh, Abraham P. Lee, "Laminar Flow Mixing using Acoustic Microcavitation Streaming," The Tenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2006), p.116-118, Tokyo, Japan, November 5-9, 2006

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Esra Talu, Marjorie L. Longo, Paul A. Dayton, Abraham P. Lee, "Controlled Microfluidic Generation of Lipid Shell-Based Perfluorocarbon Microbubbles for use as Ultrasound Contrast Agents," The Tenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2006), p.822-824, Tokyo, Japan, November 5-9, 2006

• Lisen Wang, Steven Marchenko, Noo Li Jeon, Edwin Monuki, Lisa A. Flanagan, Abraham P. Lee, "Lateral Cell Separation in Microfluidic Channel by 3D Electrode Dielectrophoresis," The Tenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2006), p.567-569, Tokyo, Japan, November 5-9, 2006

• Lung-Hsin Hung, Rita Kuo, Kenneth J. Shea and Abraham P. Lee, "Solvent-Resistant Microfluidic Device Fabrication Using Rapid Molding Technique," The Tenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2006), p.699-701, Tokyo, Japan, November 5-9, 2006

• Wei-Yu Tseng, Yung-Chieh Chen, Lung-Hsin Hung, Abraham P. Lee, "A Passive Microfluidic Droplet Fusion Device with 100% Fusion Efficiency," The Tenth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS 2006), p.1190-1192, Tokyo, Japan, November 5-9, 2006

• Lisen Wang, Steven Marchenko, Jennifer T. Huang, Noo Li Jeon, Edwin Monuki, Lisa A. Flanagan, Abraham P. Lee, "Design and Fabrication of Vertical Electrodes in Microchannels for Particles/cells Sorting by Dielectrophoresis", Proc. of IEEE-Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Okinawa, Japan, May 9-12, 2006

• Albert Tsung-Hsi Hsieh, Adam Yuh Lin, Abraham P. Lee, "Monodisperse Lipoplex Generation by Integrated Picoliter Micro Reactor and Incubator", Proc. of IEEE-Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Okinawa, Japan, May 9-12, 2006

• Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Paul Dayton, Abraham P. Lee, "Formulation of Monodisperse Contrast Agents in Microfluidic Systems for Ultrasonic Imaging", Proc. of IEEE-Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Okinawa, Japan, May 9-12, 2006

• Lung-Hsin Hung, Albert Tsung-Hsi Hsieh, Nate Portney, and Abraham
  Philip Lee, "Microfluidic-Based PLGA Nanosphere Generator For Protein
  Coating", MicroTAS 2005, p.1218-1220, Oct.9-13, Boston.

• J. Collins, N.L. Jeon, L. Flanagan, E. Monuki, A. P. Lee, Characterization of neural stem cells for cell sorting using flow induced electrical admittance spectra in microfluidics, MicroTAS 2004, Sept. 26-30, Malmö, Sweden.

• Y-C. Tan, and Abraham P. Lee,Droplet sorting by size in microfluidic channels, MicroTAS 2004, Sept. 26-30, Malmö, Sweden.

• Jeffrey S Fisher and Abraham P Lee, Cell Encapsulation on a Microfluidic Platform, MicroTAS 2004, Sept. 26-30, Malmö, Sweden.

• Lung-Hsin Hung, Wei-Yu Tseng, Kyung Choi, Yung-Chieh Tan, Kenneth J. Shea, and Abraham P. Lee, Controlled Droplet Fusion in Microfluidic Devices, MicroTAS 2004, Sept. 26-30, Malmö, Sweden.

• J. Collins, D. Goodman, P. Delhaes, A.P. Lee, Nanofluidic channel engineering using laminar flow layer-by-layer deposition of polyelectrolytes, 3rd Integrated Nanosystems Conference, Sept. 22-25, 2003 Pasadena, California.

• W-C. Chao, J. Collins, S-W. Wang, G.P. Li, M. Bachman, A.P. Lee, Control of Concentration and Volume Gradients in Microfluidic Droplet Arrays for Protein Crystallization Screening , 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society September 1-5, 2004, Francisco, California.

• J. Collins, L. Flanagan, N. Jeon, E. Monuki, A.P. Lee, Biochemical, biomolecular and cellular sensing in microfluidics using flow induced admittance spectra, 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society September 1-5, 2004, Francisco, California.

• J. Collins, A. P. Lee, Microfluidic flow transducer based on the measurement of electrical admittance, The 2004 UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, June 26-28, 2004, Irvine, California.

• Wen-Chi Chao, John Collins, Mark Bachman, G. P. Li, and Abraham P. Lee, Droplet Arrays in Microfluidic Channels for Combinatorial Screening Assays,  Hilton Head 2004: A Solid State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 6-10, 2004.

• J. Collins, A. P. Lee, Detection and analysis of high speed droplet generation in a microfluidic device, ASME, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo 2004, Washington.

• J. Collins, Y-C. Tan, A.P. Lee, Optimization of Shear Driven Droplet Generation in a Microfluidic Device, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo 2003, Washington.

• L. Wang, J. Collins, A. P. Lee, Design Of Programmable Diffusion Bioassays Based On MHD Microfluidic System, Summer Bioengineering Conference 2003, Florida.

• Y-C. Tan, J. Collins., and Abraham P. Lee,  Controlled Fission of Droplet Emulsions in Bifurcating Microfluidic Channels, Transducers 2003, Boston.

• Y-C. Tan, J. Collins., and Abraham P. Lee, Monodisperse Droplet Emulsions in Co-flow Microfluidic Channels, Micro TAS 2003, Lake Tahoe.

• J. Collins, Y-C. Tan, A.P. Lee, Optimization of Shear Driven Droplet Generation in a Microfluidic Device, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo 2003, Washington.