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.