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 …

Active droplet sorting in microfluidics: a review

HD Xi, H Zheng, W Guo, AM Gañán-Calvo, Y Ai… - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to manipulate and sort droplets is a fundamental issue in droplet-based
microfluidics. Various lab-on-a-chip applications can only be realized if droplets are …

Droplet microfluidics: from proof-of-concept to real-world utility?

A Suea-Ngam, PD Howes, M Srisa-Art… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics constitutes a diverse and practical tool set that enables chemical and
biological experiments to be performed at high speed and with enhanced efficiency when …

Thermocapillary motion on lubricant-impregnated surfaces

N Bjelobrk, HL Girard, S Bengaluru Subramanyam… - Physical Review …, 2016 - APS
We show that thermocapillary-induced droplet motion is markedly enhanced when using
lubricant-impregnated surfaces as compared to solid substrates. These surfaces provide …

Droplet digital microfluidic system for screening filamentous fungi based on enzymatic activity

K Samlali, CL Alves, M Jezernik… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
Fungal cell-wall-degrading enzymes have great utility in the agricultural and food industries.
These cell-wall-degrading enzymes are known to have functions that can help defend …

An integrated droplet-digital microfluidic system for on-demand droplet creation, mixing, incubation, and sorting

F Ahmadi, K Samlali, PQN Vo, SCC Shih - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics is a technique that has the ability to compartmentalize reactions in sub
nano-(or pico-) liter volumes that can potentially enable millions of distinct biological assays …

Droplet manipulations in two phase flow microfluidics

AM Pit, MHG Duits, F Mugele - Micromachines, 2015 - mdpi.com
Even though droplet microfluidics has been developed since the early 1980s, the number of
applications that have resulted in commercial products is still relatively small. This is partly …

Recent advances in droplet‐based microfluidics in liquid biopsy for cancer diagnosis

J Shi, Y Zhang, Y Fan, Y Liu, M Yang - Droplet, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid biopsy, a noninvasive technique to obtain tumor information from body fluids, is an
emerging technology for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring, providing crucial …

An Automated Single‐Cell Droplet‐Digital Microfluidic Platform for Monoclonal Antibody Discovery

F Ahmadi, H Tran, N Letourneau, SR Little, A Fortin… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Monoclonal antibody (mAb) discovery plays a prominent role in diagnostic and therapeutic
applications. Droplet microfluidics has become a standard technology for high‐throughput …

A Novel Droplet Sieving Method Using an Array Protrusion Microchannel and Separation Mechanism

D Ma, H Jiang, G Wang, Y Ma, C Zhu… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A novel droplet separation method was proposed by using an array protrusion
microchannel, which could divert droplets of different sizes into designated branch channels …