Advances in diagnostic microfluidics

A Burklund, A Tadimety, Y Nie, N Hao… - Advances in clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microfluidics is an emerging field in diagnostics that allows for extremely precise fluid control
and manipulation, enabling rapid and high-throughput sample processing in integrated …

Microfluidics for silica biomaterials synthesis: opportunities and challenges

N Hao, Y Nie, JXJ Zhang - Biomaterials science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The rational design and controllable synthesis of silica nanomaterials bearing unique
physicochemical properties is becoming increasingly important for a variety of biomedical …

Detection of circulating tumor cells: Advances and critical concerns

X Hu, X Zang, Y Lv - Oncology Letters, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related death and the major challenge in cancer
treatment. Cancer cells in circulation are termed circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Primary …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and surface engineering of inorganic nanomaterials based on microfluidic technology

J Shen, M Shafiq, M Ma, H Chen - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The controlled synthesis and surface engineering of inorganic nanomaterials hold great
promise for the design of functional nanoparticles for a variety of applications, such as drug …

Synthesis and applications of surface-modified magnetic nanoparticles: Progress and future prospects

B García-Merino, E Bringas, I Ortiz - Reviews in Chemical …, 2022 - degruyter.com
The growing use of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) demands cost-effective methods for their
synthesis that allow proper control of particle size and size distribution. The unique …

Microfluidics for ZnO micro-/nanomaterials development: rational design, controllable synthesis, and on-chip bioapplications

N Hao, M Zhang, JXJ Zhang - Biomaterials science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) materials hold great promise in diverse applications due to their attractive
physicochemical features. Recent years, especially the last decade, have witnessed …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic particles for advanced molecular diagnosis

C Chircov, AM Grumezescu, AM Holban - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Molecular diagnosis is the field that aims to develop nucleic-acid-based analytical methods
for biological markers and gene expression assessments by combining laboratory medicine …

Ultrafast microfluidic synthesis of hierarchical triangular silver core-silica shell nanoplatelet toward enhanced cellular internalization

N Hao, Y Nie, Z Xu, JXJ Zhang - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Microfluidic reactors represent a new frontier in the rational design and controllable
synthesis of functional micro-/nanomaterials. Herein, we develop a continuous and ultrafast …

A PTFE helical capillary microreactor for the high throughput synthesis of monodisperse silica particles

H Yang, EM Akinoglu, L Guo, M **, G Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
We propose a simple and inexpensive SiO 2 submicron particle synthesis method based on
a PTFE helical capillary microreactor. The device is based on Dean flow mediated, ultrafast …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic nanotechnology for circulating tumor biomarkers screening: Rational design, microfluidics integration and applications

N Hao, JXJ Zhang - Biomicrofluidics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic nanotechnology represents a major and promising frontier with great potential to
significantly advance the field of liquid biopsies. The last decade has witnessed …