Alginate microgels as delivery vehicles for cell-based therapies in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

M Xu, M Qin, Y Cheng, X Niu, J Kong, X Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional stem cell delivery typically utilize administration of directly injection of
allogenic cells or domesticated autogenic cells. It may lead to immune clearance of these …

Enlightening force chains: a review of photoelasticimetry in granular matter

A Abed Zadeh, J Barés, TA Brzinski, KE Daniels… - Granular Matter, 2019 - Springer
A photoelastic material will reveal its internal stresses when observed through polarizing
filters. This eye-catching property has enlightened our understanding of granular materials …

[HTML][HTML] Emulsion-alginate beads designed to control in vitro intestinal lipolysis: Towards appetite control

MN Corstens, CC Berton-Carabin… - Journal of Functional …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dietary lipids and digestion products are strong inducers of satiety signals in the distal small
intestine. To protect lipids against proximal absorption we encapsulate them in hydrogel …

Gellan gum/alginate microparticles as drug delivery vehicles: DOE production optimization and drug delivery

H Carrêlo, MT Cidade, JP Borges, P Soares - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gellan gum is a biocompatible and easily accessible polysaccharide with excellent
properties to produce microparticles as drug delivery systems. However, the production …

Coupling the Leidenfrost effect and elastic deformations to power sustained bouncing

SR Waitukaitis, A Zuiderwijk, A Souslov, C Coulais… - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
The Leidenfrost effect occurs when an object near a hot surface vaporizes rapidly enough to
lift itself up and hover,. Although well understood for liquids,,,,,,,,,,,,, and stiff sublimable …

Refractive index matched scanning and detection of soft particles

JA Dijksman, N Brodu, RP Behringer - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We describe here how to apply the three-dimensional imaging technique of refractive index
matched scanning to hydrogel spheres. Hydrogels are water based materials with a low …

3D-printed air-blast microfluidic nozzles for preparing calcium alginate microparticles

B Ye, H Xu, B Bao, J Xuan, L Zhang - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic technologies have emerged as a promising route for precision fabrication of
uniform particles. Equipment required for a traditional microfluidic device manufacturing …

Photoporomechanics: an experimental method to visualize the effective stress field in fluid-filled granular media

W Li, Y Meng, BK Primkulov, R Juanes - Physical Review Applied, 2021 - APS
Effective stress governs the mechanical behavior of porous media. In this study, we use
photoelasticimetry to visualize the evolving effective stress field in fluid-filled granular media …

Contact tribology also affects the slow flow behavior of granular emulsions

M Workamp, JA Dijksman - Journal of Rheology, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Recent work on suspension flows has shown that contact mechanics plays a role in
suspension flow dynamics. The contact mechanics between particulate matter in dispersions …

Progress in preparation and application of sodium alginate microspheres

X Liu, Y Wang, Z Liang, X Lian, D Huang… - Sheng wu yi xue Gong …, 2023 - europepmc.org
海藻酸钠 (SA) 是从褐藻类海带中提取的一种天然高分子材料, 具备出色的生物相容性, 无毒性,
生物降解性以及丰富的储存量. 海藻酸钠凝胶形成的条件温和, 可有效避免活性物质的失活 …