Abstract
Historically, microfluidics has started as a mere downscaling of macroscale fluid flows; these developments have been coined by the term “microflows.” However, recently new types of microfluidics—such as droplet and digital microfluidics—have appeared to address new problems in biotechnology, biology, optofluidics, mechatronics, material sciences, etc. In this introductory chapter, the different types of microfluidics are presented and categorized, specifying the place of digital and droplet microfluidics in the global picture of today’s microfluidics.
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