Passive and active droplet generation with microfluidics: a review

P Zhu, L Wang - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Microfluidics-enabled soft manufacture of materials with tailorable wettability

P Zhu, L Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics and wettability are interrelated and mutually reinforcing fields, experiencing
synergistic growth. Surface wettability is paramount in regulating microfluidic flows for …

Large-scale water collection of bioinspired cavity-microfibers

Y Tian, P Zhu, X Tang, C Zhou, J Wang, T Kong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Large-scale and high-efficient water collection of microfibers with long-term durability still
remains challenging. Here we present well-controlled, bioinspired spindle-knot microfibers …

Pulsatile flow in microfluidic systems

B Dincau, E Dressaire, A Sauret - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the current knowledge and applications of pulsatile flow in microfluidic
systems. Elements of fluid dynamics at low Reynolds number are first described in the …

Periodic flows in microfluidics

A Mudugamuwa, U Roshan, S Hettiarachchi, H Cha… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidics, the science and technology of manipulating fluids in microscale channels,
offers numerous advantages, such as low energy consumption, compact device size …

Capillary‐Based Microfluidics—Coflow, Flow‐Focusing, Electro‐Coflow, Drops, Jets, and Instabilities

J Guerrero, YW Chang, AA Fragkopoulos… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Capillary‐based microfluidics is a great technique to produce monodisperse and complex
emulsions and particulate suspensions. In this review, the current understanding of drop and …

A pore-scale investigation of microplastics migration and deposition during unsaturated flow in porous media

H He, T Wu, YF Chen, Z Yang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the natural environment and have the potential to endanger
the natural environment, ecology and even human health. A series of microfluidic …

Enhanced single-cell encapsulation in microfluidic devices: From droplet generation to single-cell analysis

SD Ling, Y Geng, A Chen, Y Du, J Xu - Biomicrofluidics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Single-cell analysis to investigate cellular heterogeneity and cell-to-cell interactions is a
crucial compartment to answer key questions in important biological mechanisms. Droplet …

Passive mixing inside microdroplets

C Chen, Y Zhao, J Wang, P Zhu, Y Tian, M Xu, L Wang… - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Droplet-based micromixers are essential units in many microfluidic devices for widespread
applications, such as diagnostics and synthesis. The mixers can be either passive or active …

Ferrofluid droplet breakup process and neck evolution under steady and pulse-width modulated magnetic fields

MA Bijarchi, A Favakeh, K Mohammadi, A Akbari… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerous applications in engineering and biotechnology have attracted the attention of
many researchers to the analysis of underlying physical phenomena during the droplet …