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 …

Microfluidic fabrication of microparticles for biomedical applications

W Li, L Zhang, X Ge, B Xu, W Zhang, L Qu… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics offers exquisite control over the flows of multiple fluids in microscale,
enabling fabrication of advanced microparticles with precisely tunable structures and …

Emerging aqueous two-phase systems: from fundamentals of interfaces to biomedical applications

Y Chao, HC Shum - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPSs) have been recognized for their applications in
extraction, separation, purification, and enrichment of (bio) molecules and cells. Recently …

Passive and active droplet generation with microfluidics: a review

P Zhu, L Wang - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Precise and effective control of droplet generation is critical for applications of droplet
microfluidics ranging from materials synthesis to lab-on-a-chip systems. Methods for droplet …

Multiphase flow microfluidics for the production of single or multiple emulsions for drug delivery

CX Zhao - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Considerable effort has been directed towards develo** novel drug delivery systems.
Microfluidics, capable of generating monodisperse single and multiple emulsion droplets …

Drip** and jetting in microfluidic multiphase flows applied to particle and fibre synthesis

JK Nunes, SSH Tsai, J Wan… - Journal of physics D …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Drip** and jetting regimes in microfluidic multiphase flows have been investigated
extensively, and this review summarizes the main observations and physical …

[PDF][PDF] Cell‐inspired all‐aqueous microfluidics: from intracellular liquid–liquid phase separation toward advanced biomaterials

Q Ma, Y Song, W Sun, J Cao, H Yuan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Living cells have evolved over billions of years to develop structural and functional
complexity with numerous intracellular compartments that are formed due to liquid–liquid …

Building reconfigurable devices using complex liquid–fluid interfaces

J Forth, PY Kim, G **e, X Liu, BA Helms… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–fluid interfaces provide a platform both for structuring liquids into complex shapes
and assembling dimensionally confined, functional nanomaterials. Historically, attention in …

Freeform, reconfigurable embedded printing of all‐aqueous 3D architectures

G Luo, Y Yu, Y Yuan, X Chen, Z Liu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous microstructures are challenging to create, handle, and preserve since their
surfaces tend to shrink into spherical shapes with minimum surface areas. The creation of …

Microfluidic production of multiple emulsions and functional microcapsules

TY Lee, TM Choi, TS Shim, RAM Frijns, SH Kim - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances in microfluidics have enabled the controlled production of multiple-
emulsion drops with onion-like topology. The multiple-emulsion drops possess an intrinsic …