Bioinspired materials for droplet manipulation: principles, methods and applications

J Xu, S Xiu, Z Lian, H Yu, J Cao - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet manipulation techniques such as transport and merging have been widely used in
many fields including biology, chemistry, material and energy applications. Moreover …

Surface behaviors of droplet manipulation in microfluidics devices

L Wu, Z Guo, W Liu - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the rapid development of microfluidic technology has caused a revolutionary
impact in the fields of chemistry, medicine, and life sciences. Also, droplet control is one of …

Continuous gradient temperature control of microfluidic chip based on thermoelectric cooler

Z Liu, D Sun, B Jiang, L Shen, P Zhou, C Gao… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-efficiency and accurate temperature control is the key to the application of microfluidic
technology in biology, chemistry and medicine fields. At present, gradient temperature …

A portable microfluidic device for thermally controlled granular sample manipulation

K Zhang, W Xiang, N Jia, M Yu, J Liu, Z Xie - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Effective granular sample manipulation with a portable and visualizable microfluidic device
is significant for lots of applications, such as point-of-care testing and cargo delivery. Herein …

Microfluidics for macrofluidics: addressing marine-ecosystem challenges in an era of climate change

F Liu, C Deroy, AE Herr - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change presents a mounting challenge with profound impacts on ocean and marine
ecosystems, leading to significant environmental, health, and economic consequences …

Integrated sample processing and counting microfluidic device for microplastics analysis

M Zhang, X Wang, Y Zhang, Y Fan - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The presence of microplastics is widespread in the ocean, freshwater, soil, or
even in the human body. The current microplastics analysis method involves a relatively …

Recent advances and challenges in temperature monitoring and control in microfluidic devices

AA Dos‐Reis‐Delgado… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature is a critical—yet sometimes overlooked—parameter in microfluidics.
Microfluidic devices can experience heating inside their channels during operation due to …

Controllable Manipulation of Large‐Volume Droplet on Non‐Slippery Surfaces Based on Triboelectric Contactless Charge Injection

L Tan, Q Zeng, F Xu, Q Zhao, A Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Controllable droplet manipulation is crucial in diverse scientific and engineering fields.
Traditional electric‐based methods usually rely on commercial high‐voltage (HV) power …

Numerical and artificial neural network analysis of an axisymmetric co-flow-focusing microfluidic droplet generator using active and passive control

S Naji, A Rahimi, V Bazargan, M Marengo - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Droplet generation in microscale has gained enormous attention in recent years especially
in the pharmaceutical industry due to their application in targeted drug delivery into droplets …

A thermal microfluidic actuator based on a novel microheater

N Qaiser, SM Khan, W Babatain, M Nour… - Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Microfluidic actuators based on thermally-induced actuation are gaining intense attraction
due to their usage in disease diagnosis and drug release-related devices. These devices …