Microparticles, microspheres, and microcapsules for advanced drug delivery

M Lengyel, N Kállai-Szabó, V Antal, AJ Laki… - Scientia …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microparticles, microspheres, and microcapsules are widely used constituents of
multiparticulate drug delivery systems, offering both therapeutic and technological …

Non-spherical micro-and nanoparticles in nanomedicine

X Zhu, C Vo, M Taylor, BR Smith - Materials Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent studies have revealed the effects of shape on in vivo nanoparticle circulation,
distribution, extravasation, and cellular uptake. Morphology is therefore becoming a key …

Flow lithography for structured microparticles: fundamentals, methods and applications

MA Sahin, H Werner, S Udani, D Di Carlo, G Destgeer - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Structured microparticles, with unique shapes, customizable sizes, multiple materials, and
spatially-defined chemistries, are leading the way for emerging 'lab on a …

Microfluidic approaches for microactuators: from fabrication, actuation, to functionalization

ZC Ma, J Fan, H Wang, W Chen, GZ Yang, B Han - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microactuators can autonomously convert external energy into specific mechanical motions.
With the feature sizes varying from the micrometer to millimeter scale, microactuators offer …

Three-dimensional independent control of multiple magnetic microrobots via inter-agent forces

M Salehizadeh, E Diller - The International Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a method to independently control the position of multiple microscale
magnetic robots in three dimensions, operating in close proximity to each other. Having …

Hipster microcarriers: exploring geometrical and topographical cues of non-spherical microcarriers in biomedical applications

IM Bjørge, CR Correia, JF Mano - Materials Horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Structure and organisation are key aspects of the native tissue environment, which ultimately
condition cell fate via a myriad of processes, including the activation of …

Fabrication and flow characteristics of monodisperse bullet-shaped microparticles with controllable structures

QW Cai, XJ Ju, C Chen, Y Faraj, ZH Jia, JQ Hu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The preparation of microparticles with non-spherical shapes has attracted increasing
interest because the special physical properties of non-spherical microparticles can …

One-Step microfluidic synthesis of spherical and bullet-like alginate microcapsules with a core–shell structure

L Huang, K Wu, X He, Z Yang, H Ji - Colloids and surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work reports a novel and facile route to generate spherical and bullet-like alginate
microcapsules with a core–shell structure based on the deformation of double-emulsion …

Review on bioinspired design of ECM-mimicking scaffolds by computer-aided assembly of cell-free and cell laden micro-modules

A Salerno, PA Netti - Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering needs bioactive drug delivery scaffolds capable of guiding cell
biosynthesis and tissue morphogenesis in three dimensions. Several strategies have been …

Recent progress in preparation of functional microparticles based on microfluidic technique

H Xia, J Li, J Man, L Man, S Zhang, J Li - Materials Today Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, there is a growing research interest in the applications and development of micro
components based on a novel multi-discipline technology, microfluidic technology, which …