Microfluidic synthesis control technology and its application in drug delivery, bioimaging, biosensing, environmental analysis and cell analysis

CT Kung, H Gao, CY Lee, YN Wang, W Dong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials have attracted significant attention in biomedical and environmental science
in recent years due to their unique thermal, optical, electrical and magnetic properties. The …

Nickel oxide nanoparticle synthesis and photocatalytic applications: evolution from conventional methods to novel microfluidic approaches

J Mou, Y Ren, J Wang, C Wang, Y Zou, K Lou… - Microfluidics and …, 2022 - Springer
Nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles are essential to developing a wide range of important
industrial products, examples of which include electrodes, catalysts, and sensors, leading to …

Flexible nanoporous template for the design and development of reusable anti-COVID-19 hydrophobic face masks

N El-Atab, N Qaiser, H Badghaish, SF Shaikh… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the outbreak of the severe respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19), the use of face masks has become ubiquitous worldwide to control the rapid …

Pore-scale effects during the transition from capillary-to viscosity-dominated flow dynamics within microfluidic porous-like domains

A Yiotis, NK Karadimitriou, I Zarikos, H Steeb - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We perform a numerical and experimental study of immiscible two-phase flows within
predominantly 2D transparent PDMS microfluidic domains with disordered pillar-like …

Droplet mobilization at the walls of a microfluidic channel

G Yang, X Chu, V Vaikuntanathan, S Wang, J Wu… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The mechanism of dynamic wetting and the fluid dynamics during the onset of droplet
mobilization driven by a microchannel flow are not clearly understood. In this work, we use …

Multimodal ultra-small CoFe-WOx nanohybrids synthesized by a pilot microfluidic system

Q Wu, R Liu, F Miao, G Zhang, W Li, Y Song - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among all the nanomaterials, ultra-small nanohybrids have gained considerable attention
as drugs, contrast agents, molecular nanoprobes, and catalysts owing to their multi …

Functional microdroplet self-dislodging icephobic surfaces: A review from mechanism to synergic morphology

X Zhou, G Yang, C Li, J Wu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
For the challenge of burgeoning anti-icing applications in the space vehicles and airplanes
territory, droplet self-dislodging phenomena provide a promising prospect owing to a …

Imidazole-methane sulfonic ionic liquids used for catalytic alkylation desulfurization and enhancement of microchannel technology

J Li, Y Liang, X Tang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Imidazole-methane sulfonic ionic liquids (C 4 (MIM)-MSA) were synthesized and used for
catalytic alkylation of thiophene. The determination of sulfur content in alkylated desulfurized …

Evaluation of different interface-capturing methods for cryogenic two-phase flows under microgravity

M Xiao, G Yang, Y Huang, J Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The distribution of the gas–liquid interface is crucial to the accurate calculation of the flow
and heat transfer of in-orbit cryogenic propellants, for which the surface tension force …

CFD simulation of internal flow and mixing within droplets in a T-junction microchannel

X Chao, F Xu, C Yao, T Liu, G Chen - Industrial & engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This work performed a three-dimensional numerical investigation on the effect of the
viscosity ratio on the circulation topology and mixing inside droplets in a T-junction …