[HTML][HTML] Emulsion characterization via microfluidic devices: A review on interfacial tension and stability to coalescence

TM Ho, A Razzaghi, A Ramachandran… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emulsions have gained significant importance in many industries including foods,
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, health care formulations, paints, polymer blends and oils …

Liquid-vapor phase-change heat transfer on functionalized nanowired surfaces and beyond

R Wen, X Ma, YC Lee, R Yang - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Liquid-vapor phase-change processes have been widely exploited in industrial applications
including power generation, water processing and harvesting, cooling/refrigeration and …

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 …

Advances in surface modifications of the silicone breast implant and impact on its biocompatibility and biointegration

FT Foroushani, K Dzobo, NP Khumalo… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - spj.science.org
Silicone breast implants are commonly used for cosmetic and oncologic surgical indications
owing to their inertness and being nontoxic. However, complications including capsular …

Rapid, simple, and cost-effective treatments to achieve long-term hydrophilic PDMS surfaces

S Hemmilä, JV Cauich-Rodríguez, J Kreutzer… - Applied Surface …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper describes rapid, simple, and cost-effective treatments for producing
biocompatible and long-term hydrophilic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces identified in …

Effect of wettability and surface roughness on the adhesion properties of collagen on PDMS films treated by capacitively coupled oxygen plasma

JA Juárez-Moreno, A Ávila-Ortega, AI Oliva… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
Direct chemical bonding of biomolecules to the surface of chemically inert polymers such as
polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is not easily achieved. Therefore, pre-activation of such …

PDMS surface modification using atmospheric pressure plasma

HT Kim, OC Jeong - Microelectronic engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
We report an experimental study of the surface modification of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
by atmospheric pressure plasma (APP). The contact angle of a water droplet, scanning …

[KNIHA][B] The physics of dew, breath figures and dropwise condensation

D Beysens - 2022 - Springer
My interest in dew and Breath Figures (BFs, the pattern that forms on a cold surface when
breathing) started long ago when I was intrigued to see a ring around a streetlight from the …

Adsorption of proteins to thin-films of PDMS and its effect on the adhesion of human endothelial cells

KY Chumbimuni-Torres, RE Coronado, AM Mfuh… - RSC …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper describes a simple and inexpensive procedure to produce thin-films of poly
(dimethylsiloxane). Such films were characterized by a variety of techniques (ellipsometry …

Integration of functional materials and surface modification for polymeric microfluidic systems

M Kitsara, J Ducrée - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The opportunity for the commercialization of microfluidic systems has surged over the recent
decade, primarily for medical and the life science applications. This positive development …