Droplet microfluidics is a relatively new and rapidly evolving field of science focused on
studying the hydrodynamics and properties of biphasic flows at the microscale, and on the …

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 …

Biomarkers are nucleic acids, proteins, single cells, or small molecules in human tissues or
biological fluids whose reliable detection can be used to confirm or predict disease and …

Digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) plays important roles in the detection and
quantification of nucleic acid targets, while there still remain challenges including high cost …

Micron-and submicron-sized droplets have extensive applications in biomedical diagnosis
and drug delivery. Moreover, accurate high-throughput analysis requires a uniform droplet …

Microfluidics offer microenvironments for reagent delivery, handling, mixing, reaction, and
detection, but often demand the affiliated equipment for liquid control for these functions. As …

Crystal-like structures find application in several fields ranging from biomedical engineering
to material science. For instance, droplet crystals are critical for high throughput assays and …

The alarming dynamics of antibiotic-resistant infections calls for the development of rapid
and point-of-care (POC) antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) methods. Here, we …

A long-term production stability of oil-in-water emulsions by microchannel (step)
emulsification was investigated using two cross flow silicon chips consisting of 540 or 1850 …

Rapid and robust generation of uniformly sized droplets is a research hotspot for
emulsification technology. Compared with conventional microfluidic devices such as cross …