Emerging droplet microfluidics

L Shang, Y Cheng, Y Zhao - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Droplet microfluidics generates and manipulates discrete droplets through immiscible
multiphase flows inside microchannels. Due to its remarkable advantages, droplet …

Trends in droplet microfluidics: From droplet generation to biomedical applications

Z Chen, S Kheiri, EWK Young, E Kumacheva - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, droplet microfluidics has attracted growing interest in biology,
medicine, and engineering. In this feature article, we review the advances in droplet …

Hydrophilic surface modification of PDMS for droplet microfluidics using a simple, quick, and robust method via PVA deposition

T Trantidou, Y Elani, E Parsons, O Ces - Microsystems & …, 2017 - nature.com
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a dominant material in the fabrication of microfluidic
devices to generate water-in-oil droplets, particularly lipid-stabilized droplets, because of its …

Aerogel‐based biomaterials for biomedical applications: From fabrication methods to disease‐targeting applications

S Karamikamkar, EP Yalcintas, R Haghniaz… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerogel‐based biomaterials are increasingly being considered for biomedical applications
due to their unique properties such as high porosity, hierarchical porous network, and large …

Polymer microfluidics: Simple, low-cost fabrication process bridging academic lab research to commercialized production

CW Tsao - Micromachines, 2016 - mdpi.com
Using polymer materials to fabricate microfluidic devices provides simple, cost effective, and
disposal advantages for both lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices and micro total analysis systems …

Double emulsions prepared by two–step emulsification: History, state-of-the-art and perspective

S Ding, CA Serra, TF Vandamme, W Yu… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Attractive interest on double emulsions comes from their unique morphology, making them
general multifunctional carriers able to encapsulate different hydrophilic and lipophilic …

Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides

B Hindson, C Hindson, M Schnall-Levin… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Provisional application No. 61/737, 374, filed on Dec. 14, 2012, provisional application No.
61/844, 804, filed on Jul. 10, 2013, provisional application No. 61/840, 403, filed on Jun. 27 …

Surfactants in droplet-based microfluidics

JC Baret - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Surfactants are an essential part of the droplet-based microfluidic technology. They are
involved in the stabilization of droplet interfaces, in the biocompatibility of the system and in …

Review of the applications of microreactors

X Yao, Y Zhang, L Du, J Liu, J Yao - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Microreactors offer excellent mass and heat transfer performance for extraction and
multiphase reactions. They provide a powerful tool for process intensification and micro …

Formation of droplets and bubbles in a microfluidic T-junction—scaling and mechanism of break-up

P Garstecki, MJ Fuerstman, HA Stone, GM Whitesides - Lab on a Chip, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
This article describes the process of formation of droplets and bubbles in microfluidic T-
junction geometries. At low capillary numbers break-up is not dominated by shear stresses …