[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic-based droplets for advanced regenerative medicine: Current challenges and future trends

H Nazari, A Heirani-Tabasi, S Ghorbani, H Eyni… - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics is a promising approach for the facile and large-scale fabrication of
monodispersed droplets for various applications in biomedicine. This technology has …

“One-to-three” droplet generation in digital microfluidics for parallel chemiluminescence immunoassays

K Jin, C Hu, S Hu, C Hu, J Li, H Ma - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In digital microfluidics, droplet generation is a fundamental operation for quantitative liquid
manipulation. The generation of well-defined micro-droplets on a chip with restricted device …

A review on species mixing in droplets using passive and active micromixers

X Chen, S Liu, Y Chen, S Wang - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This review reports the progress on the recent development of droplet micromixers. Passive
droplet micromixers and active droplet micromixers are studied, respectively. Design …

Effects of surface topography on low Reynolds number droplet/bubble flow through a constricted passage

A Singla, B Ray - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This paper is an attempt to study the effects of surface topography on the flow of a droplet (or
a bubble) in a low Reynolds number flow regime. Multiphase flows through a constricted …

Coalescence of droplets in a microwell driven by surface acoustic waves

A Sudeepthi, A Nath, LY Yeo, AK Sen - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microwell arrays are amongst the most commonly used platforms for biochemical assays.
However, the coalescence of droplets that constitute the dispersed phase of suspensions …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of perforated PDMS microchannel by successive laser pyrolysis

K Min, J Lim, JH Lim, E Hwang, Y Kim, H Lee, H Lee… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Poly (dimethylsiloxane) has attracted much attention in soft lithography and has also been
preferred as a platform for a photochemical reaction, thanks to its outstanding characteristics …

A numerical study of droplet splitting in branched T-shaped microchannel using the two-phase level-set method

M Raad, S Rezazadeh, H Jalili… - Advances in …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Droplet splitting as a significant feature of droplet-based microfluidic systems has been
widely employed in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, tissue engineering, and it has …

Spacing optimization for active droplet sorting in microfluidic networks using genetic algorithm

EM Arun Sankar, M Shahab… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sorting is an important operation in droplet microfluidics. In this paper, we propose a novel,
active technique for sorting of drops. The technique involves sending of drops to a one …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic Device for Droplet Pairing by Combining Droplet Railing and Floating Trap Arrays

M Duchamp, M Arnaud, S Bobisse, G Coukos, A Harari… - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Droplet microfluidics are characterized by the generation and manipulation of discrete
volumes of solutions, generated with the use of immiscible phases. Those droplets can then …

Asymmetric behaviors of interface-stabilized slug pairs in a T-junction microchannel reactor

X Wang, J Xia, D Liu, Z Huang, X Ge, S Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Critical coalescence condition is a key issue in designing droplet-based microchannel
reactors. This study thoroughly examined the coalescence of confined long droplets in T …