Francesco Ferrara

TL;DR: An overview of the biological role of extracellular vesicles, standard biochemical methods of analysis and their limits, and a survey of lab-on-chip methods that are able to meet the needs of a deeper exploitation of these biological entities to drive their use in common clinical practice are provided.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the realization process of a microfluidic tool, from computer-aided design (CAD) to the proof-of-concept application as a capture device for circulating tumor cells (CTCs).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used LOR and SU-8 resists in combination within an innovative lithographic approach to obtain multilevel microchannels in a monolithic SU8 structure.

TL;DR: The In-Check Lab-on-Chip (In-Check) as discussed by the authors was designed for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of complex biological samples and achieved a cooling rate of 3.2 degrees C/s and a heating rate of 11 degreesC/s.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between two sensing approaches for environmental particulate monitoring, which are suitable for miniaturization and integration into portable and low-cost devices, was made, and the transducers based on surface acoustic waves (SAW) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were comparatively investigated as alternatives to more common but also expensive optical methods.