Precise and effective control of droplet generation is critical for applications of droplet
microfluidics ranging from materials synthesis to lab-on-a-chip systems. Methods for droplet …

A digital assay is one in which the sample is partitioned into many small containers such that
each partition contains a discrete number of biological entities (0, 1, 2, 3,…). A powerful …

Liquid-liquid extraction plays an important role in separation and purification of substance.
Miniaturized extraction processes based on microflow have received increasing attention for …

Monodisperse drops with diameters between 20 μm and 200 μm can be used to produce
particles or capsules for many applications such as for cosmetics, food, and biotechnology …

Nano-and microemulsions are colloidal systems that are widely used in various fields of
biomedicine, including wound and burn healing, cosmetology, the development of …

Conspectus Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasing concern both in everyday life and
specialized environments such as healthcare. As the rate of antibiotic-resistant infections …

The miniaturization of droplet manipulation methods has led to drops being proposed as
microreactors in many applications of biology and chemistry. In parallel, microfluidic …

Droplet microfluidics has emerged as a prospering field for lab-on-a-chip devices, where
droplets serve as liquid vessels eg for biochemical reagents. Key to the fluid processing in …

Aqueous microdroplets provide miniaturized reaction compartments for numerous chemical,
biochemical or pharmaceutical applications. We introduce centrifugal step emulsification for …

The last two decades have witnessed tremendous progress in the development of
microfluidic chips that generate micrometer-and nanometer-scale materials. These chips …