Recent advances in microfluidic technology for bioanalysis and diagnostics

SF Berlanda, M Breitfeld, CL Dietsche… - Analytical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics has become a mature technology, providing an excellent toolbox for the
handling and manipulation of fluid samples, suspended cells, and particles. About 30 years …

Protocells: Milestones and recent advances

I Gözen, ES Köksal, I Põldsalu, L Xue, K Spustova… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of life is still one of humankind's great mysteries. At the transition between
nonliving and living matter, protocells, initially featureless aggregates of abiotic matter, gain …

Materials and methods for droplet microfluidic device fabrication

KS Elvira, F Gielen, SSH Tsai, AM Nightingale - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the first reports two decades ago, droplet-based systems have emerged as a
compelling tool for microbiological and (bio) chemical science, with droplet flow providing …

Recent advances in the microfluidic production of functional microcapsules by multiple-emulsion templating

JW Kim, SH Han, YH Choi, WM Hamonangan, Y Oh… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiple-emulsion drops serve as versatile templates to design functional microcapsules due
to their core–shell geometry and multiple compartments. Microfluidics has been used for the …

Droplet microfluidics-based biomedical microcarriers

C Shao, J Chi, L Shang, Q Fan, F Ye - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet microfluidic technology provides a new platform for controllable generation of
microdroplets and droplet-derived materials. In particular, because of the ability in high …

Edible particle-stabilized water-in-water emulsions: Stabilization mechanisms, particle types, interfacial design, and practical applications

S Yan, JM Regenstein, S Zhang, Y Huang, B Qi, Y Li - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Water-in-water emulsions are formed due to the thermodynamic incompatibility between
their components, which leads to phase separation. Water-in-water emulsions have many …

Droplet microfluidics for food and nutrition applications

K Schroen, C Berton-Carabin, D Renard, M Marquis… - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Droplet microfluidics revolutionizes the way experiments and analyses are conducted in
many fields of science, based on decades of basic research. Applied sciences are also …

Mass production of lumenogenic human embryoid bodies and functional cardiospheres using in-air-generated microcapsules

B van Loo, SA Ten Den, N Araújo-Gomes… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Organoids are engineered 3D miniature tissues that are defined by their organ-like
structures, which drive a fundamental understanding of human development. However …

Structured ultra‐flyweight aerogels by interfacial complexation: self‐assembly enabling multiscale designs

M Kamkar, A Ghaffarkhah, R Ajdary, Y Lu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid co‐assembly of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and a surfactant at the oil/water
(O/W) interface is harnessed to develop a new class of soft materials comprising continuous …

One-step generation of aqueous-droplet-filled hydrogel fibers as organoid carriers using an all-in-water microfluidic system

H Wang, H Liu, X Zhang, Y Wang, M Zhao… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogel fibers are promising carriers for biological applications due to their flexible
mechanical properties, well-defined spatial distribution, and excellent biocompatibility. In …