Sample preconcentration from dilute solutions on micro/nanofluidic platforms: A review

LM Fu, HH Hou, PH Chiu, RJ Yang - Electrophoresis, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biochemical detection plays a critical role in many analytical fields. For example, blood
samples include many proteins with relevance to disease diagnosis and therapeutic …

Design and application of ion concentration polarization for preconcentrating charged analytes

M Gholinejad, A Jabari Moghadam, DT Phan… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Micro/nanofluidic devices integrated with ion concentration polarization (ICP) phenomenon
have been used to preconcentrate low-abundant molecules for separation and detection …

Effect of electric field intensity on electrophoretic migration and deformation of oil droplets in O/W emulsion under DC electric field: A molecular dynamics study

Z Qi, Z Sun, N Li, W Li, M Sun, Y Liu, Z Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Removing oil droplets from O/W emulsion is a difficult problem at present. In order to explore
the effect of electric field intensity on the migration and deformation of oil droplets in O/W …

Dissecting the Chain Length Effect on Separation of Alkane-in-Water Emulsions with Superwetting Microchannels

J Jin, H Li, K Zhao, J Su, L Xia, X Yuan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oil/water separation is an essential process in the petrochemical industry, environmental
remediation, and water treatment. Alkanes are the major components of crude oil and are …

Rapid pre‐concentration of Escherichia coli in a microfluidic paper‐based device using ion concentration polarization

ATK Perera, S Pudasaini, SSU Ahmed… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We report a microfluidic paper based analytical device implementing ion concentration
polarization (ICP) for rapid pre‐concentration of Escherichia coli in water. The fabricated …

Wetting and adhesion energy of droplets on wettability gradient surfaces

C Xu, Z Jia, X Lian - Journal of materials science, 2020 - Springer
Wettability gradient surfaces can be used for heat and mass transfer in many fields, which
has aroused extensive interest of research. However, since numerous studies only focused …

Continuous flow microfluidic cell inactivation with the use of insulating micropillars for multiple electroporation zones

S Pudasaini, ATK Perera, D Das, SH Ng… - Electrophoresis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electroporation is a powerful tool for inactivating cells and transfecting biological cells and
has applications in biology, genetic engineering, medicine, environment, and many others …

Wetting transition of sessile and condensate droplets on copper-based superhydrophobic surfaces

Y Zhao, H Zhang, W Wang, C Yang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic state on natural materials and synthesized surfaces has been exploited
in a broad range of technologies including thermal management, water harvesting, anti …

Enhanced sample pre-concentration by ion concentration polarization on a paraffin coated converging microfluidic paper based analytical platform

ATK Perera, DT Phan, S Pudasaini, Y Liu, C Yang - Biomicrofluidics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) represent a modest and feasible
alternative for conventional analytical methods. However, the inadequate sensitivity of these …

High efficiency membrane technology in microfluidic systems

Y Yuan, Z Cui, H Jia, J Wang - Separation & Purification Reviews, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The combination of membranes and microfluidic systems has been applied in areas such as
bioscience, environmental and analytical chemistry, and in the past time research into the …