Recent developments in digital light processing 3D-printing techniques for microfluidic analytical devices

A Amini, RM Guijt, T Themelis, J De Vos… - … of Chromatography A, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing is rapidly advancing and has emerged as a
powerful additive manufacturing approach to fabricate analytical microdevices. DLP 3D …

[HTML][HTML] Acoustic microfluidic separation techniques and bioapplications: a review

Y Gao, M Wu, Y Lin, J Xu - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic separation technology has garnered significant attention over the past decade
where particles are being separated at a micro/nanoscale in a rapid, low-cost, and simple …

New insights into the mechanism of fluid mixing in the micromixer based on alternating current electric heating with film heaters

H Lv, X Chen - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to solve the problem of difficult mixing of high-conductivity solutions, this paper
designs a new mixing method of micromixer based on the alternating current (AC) heating …

Numerical and experimental investigation of an efficient convergent–divergent micromixer

A Usefian, M Bayareh - Meccanica, 2020 - Springer
Experimental and numerical investigations on the mixing quality of a novel micromixer are
conducted. A micromixer made by PDMS is fabricated to evaluate the mixing process in …

Controllable fusion of human brain organoids using acoustofluidics

Z Ao, H Cai, Z Wu, J Ott, H Wang, K Mackie, F Guo - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The fusion of human organoids holds promising potential in modeling physiological and
pathological processes of tissue genesis and organogenesis. However, current fused …

[HTML][HTML] Review of bubble applications in microrobotics: Propulsion, manipulation, and assembly

Y Zhou, L Dai, N Jiao - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, microbubbles have been widely used in the field of microrobots due to their
unique properties. Microbubbles can be easily produced and used as power sources or …

Acoustic bubble-based bidirectional micropump

Y Gao, M Wu, Y Lin, W Zhao, J Xu - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2020 - Springer
Efficient transportation of fluids and microparticles is an important capability in many medical
and biological applications. In this article, an efficient bi-directional micropump using …

Experimental and numerical investigation of a novel spiral micromixer with sinusoidal channel walls

D Bahrami, M Bayareh - Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A novel spiral micromixer with sinusoidal channel walls was designed to enhance the
mixing index in the low to intermediate Reynolds number range (1< Re< 100). To analyze …

Trap** and control of bubbles in various microfluidic applications

Y Gao, M Wu, Y Lin, J Xu - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As a simple, clean and effective tool, micro bubbles have enabled advances in various lab
on a chip (LOC) applications recently. In bubble-based microfluidic applications, techniques …

Recent advances in micro-electro-mechanical devices for controlled drug release applications

LA Villarruel Mendoza, NA Scilletta… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, controlled release of drugs has posed numerous challenges with the aim of
optimizing parameters such as the release of the suitable quantity of drugs in the right site at …