Droplet based microfluidics

R Seemann, M Brinkmann, T Pfohl… - Reports on progress …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Droplet based microfluidics is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of research combining
soft matter physics, biochemistry and microsystems engineering. Its applications range from …

Tailored double emulsions made simple

J Wang, S Hahn, E Amstad, N Vogel - Advanced materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Double emulsions, such as water‐in‐oil‐in‐water droplets, are important material platforms
for conducting fundamental research and for technological applications. To date, well …

Hydrogel-coated microfluidic channels for cardiomyocyte culture

N Annabi, Š Selimović, JPA Cox, J Ribas… - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The research areas of tissue engineering and drug development have displayed increased
interest in organ-on-a-chip studies, in which physiologically or pathologically relevant …

Faster multiple emulsification with drop splitting

AR Abate, DA Weitz - Lab on a Chip, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic devices can form emulsions in which the drops have an intricate, controlled
structure; however, a challenge is that the droplets are produced slowly, typically only a few …

Drop formation in non-planar microfluidic devices

A Rotem, AR Abate, AS Utada, V Van Steijn, DA Weitz - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic devices can be used to produce single or multiple emulsions with remarkably
precise control of both the contents and size of the drops. Since each level of a multiple …

Microfluidic devices fabricated using stereolithography for preparation of monodisperse double emulsions

T Kanai, M Tsuchiya - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
We demonstrate the fabrication of microfluidic devices with three-dimensional flow channels
using stereolithography. The fabricated devices can generate monodisperse double …

Patterning microfluidic device wettability with spatially-controlled plasma oxidation

SC Kim, DJ Sukovich, AR Abate - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic devices can form double emulsions with uniform properties, but require
cumbersome fabrication steps to pattern their wettability. We demonstrate spatially …

Transparent functional oxide stretchable electronics: micro-tectonics enabled high strain electrodes

P Gutruf, CM Shah, S Walia, H Nili, AS Zoolfakar… - NPG Asia …, 2013 - nature.com
Fully transparent and flexible electronic substrates that incorporate functional materials are
the precursors to realising next-generation devices with sensing, self-powering and portable …

Rapid patterning of PDMS microfluidic device wettability using syringe-vacuum-induced segmented flow in nonplanar geometry

CH Choi, H Lee, DA Weitz - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018 - ACS Publications
We present a simple and rapid method to spatially pattern the surface wetting properties of
PDMS microfluidic devices by layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition of polyelectrolytes using …

Monodisperse water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) double emulsion droplets as uniform compartments for high-throughput analysis via flow cytometry

J Yan, WAC Bauer, M Fischlechner, F Hollfelder… - Micromachines, 2013 - mdpi.com
Here we report the application of monodisperse double emulsion droplets, produced in a
single step within partially hydrophilic/partially hydrophobic microfluidic devices, as defined …