Conventional and emerging strategies for the fabrication and functionalization of PDMS-based microfluidic devices

A Shakeri, S Khan, TF Didar - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidics is an emerging and multidisciplinary field that is of great interest to
manufacturers in medicine, biotechnology, and chemistry, as it provides unique tools for the …

Review of silicone surface modification techniques and coatings for antibacterial/antimicrobial applications to improve breast implant surfaces

M Lam, V Migonney, C Falentin-Daudre - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicone implants are widely used in the medical field for plastic or reconstructive surgeries
for the purpose of soft tissue issues. However, as with any implanted object, healthcare …

Highly stretchable and wearable strain sensor based on printable carbon nanotube layers/polydimethylsiloxane composites with adjustable sensitivity

X Wang, J Li, H Song, H Huang… - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Strain sensors that are capable of monitoring complex human motions with high accuracy
are highly desirable for developing wearable electronics. This paper reports the fabrication …

Capillary-force-assisted clean-stamp transfer of two-dimensional materials

X Ma, Q Liu, D Xu, Y Zhu, S Kim, Y Cui, L Zhong… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A simple and clean method of transferring two-dimensional (2D) materials plays a critical
role in the fabrication of 2D electronics, particularly the heterostructure devices based on the …

Vertical etching of scandium aluminum nitride thin films using TMAH solution

ASMZ Shifat, I Stricklin, RK Chityala, A Aryal, G Esteves… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
A wide bandgap, an enhanced piezoelectric coefficient, and low dielectric permittivity are
some of the outstanding properties that have made Sc x Al 1− x N a promising material in …

Flow lithography for structured microparticles: fundamentals, methods and applications

MA Sahin, H Werner, S Udani, D Di Carlo, G Destgeer - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Structured microparticles, with unique shapes, customizable sizes, multiple materials, and
spatially-defined chemistries, are leading the way for emerging 'lab on a …

Anti-corrosion and anti-fouling properties of ball-like GQDs hybrided MOFs functionalized with silane in waterborne epoxy-polydimethylsiloxane coatings …

Z Zhou, A Seif, S Pourhashem, J Duan, A Rashidi… - Applied Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, two strategies including epoxy matrix modification with 3-
aminopropyltriethoxy silane (APTES) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as well as loading …

A self-unfolding proximity enabling device for oral delivery of macromolecules

M Ghavami, J Pedersen, RB Kjeldsen… - … Clinics and Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Oral delivery of macromolecules remains highly challenging due to their rapid degradation
in the gastrointestinal tract and poor absorption across the tight junctions of the epithelium …

Expanding the toolbox for microfluidic-based in situ membrane characterization via microscopy

I Nulens, S Caspers, R Verbeke, A Kubarev… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyamide thin film composite membranes are the commercial standard for aqueous
nanofiltration and reverse osmosis. Establishing their synthesis-structure-performance …

Controllable synthesis of biosourced blue-green fluorescent carbon dots from camphor for the detection of heavy metal ions in water

RR Gaddam, D Vasudevan, R Narayan, K Raju - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A robust method for the synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots (C dots) from camphor, which
provides an insight into the mechanism of C dot formation, is reported. Camphor is a …