Engineering smart composite hydrogels for wearable disease monitoring

J Li, Q Ding, H Wang, Z Wu, X Gui, C Li, N Hu, K Tao… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Growing health awareness triggers the public's concern about health problems. People want
a timely and comprehensive picture of their condition without frequent trips to the hospital for …

A review of sorting, separation and isolation of cells and microbeads for biomedical applications: microfluidic approaches

A Dalili, E Samiei, M Hoorfar - Analyst, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Several biomedical analyses are performed on particular types of cells present in body
samples or using functionalized microparticles. Success in such analyses depends on the …

Multiphase flow in microfluidics: From droplets and bubbles to the encapsulated structures

A Sattari, P Hanafizadeh, M Hoorfar - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microfluidic technologies have a unique ability to control more precisely and effectively on
two-phase flow systems in comparison with macro systems. Controlling the size of the …

Digital microfluidics for biological analysis and applications

X Xu, L Cai, S Liang, Q Zhang, S Lin, M Li, Q Yang… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is an emerging liquid-handling technology based on arrays of
microelectrodes for the precise manipulation of discrete droplets. DMF offers the benefits of …

Applications of gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels in microfluidic technique-assisted tissue engineering

T Liu, W Weng, Y Zhang, X Sun, H Yang - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the microfluidic technique has been widely used in the field of tissue
engineering. Possessing the advantages of large-scale integration and flexible …

Directional droplet transport on functional surfaces with superwettabilities

P Lv, YL Zhang, DD Han, HB Sun - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Directional droplet transport on smart surfaces with superwettabilities arouse extensive
attentions from both the scientific community and industry due to the exciting applications in …

Droplet impact on superhydrophobic surfaces fully decorated with cylindrical macrotextures

M Abolghasemibizaki, R Mohammadi - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Impacting on a superhydrophobic surface, water droplet spreads to a pancake
shape and then retracts and bounces off. Although the collision time is mostly in the order of …

Combining sensors and actuators with electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD): advanced digital microfluidic systems for biomedical applications

Z Tong, C Shen, Q Li, H Yin, H Mao - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of digital microfluidics (DMF) enables highly flexible and precise droplet
manipulation at a picoliter scale, making DMF a promising approach to realize integrated …

3D patterning within hydrogels for the recreation of functional biological environments

GA Primo, A Mata - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological structures are inherently complex in nature. Structural hierarchy, chemical
anisotropy, and compositional heterogeneity are ubiquitous in biological systems and play a …

One‐step generation of core–shell gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) microgels using a droplet microfluidic system

H Wang, H Liu, H Liu, W Su, W Chen… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) microgels are promising scaffolds for biological applications,
such as tissue engineering and drug screening. Solid‐like GelMA microgels are limited by …