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 …

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 …

Recent progress in ferrofluids research: novel applications of magnetically controllable and tunable fluids

I Torres-Díaz, C Rinaldi - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferrofluids are suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles that have the attractive feature of
being controlled by applied magnetic fields. Ferrofluids have been studied for decades in an …

Active droplet generation in microfluidics

ZZ Chong, SH Tan, AM Gañán-Calvo, SB Tor, NH Loh… - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The reliable generation of micron-sized droplets is an important process for various
applications in droplet-based microfluidics. The generated droplets work as a self-contained …

Flexible ferrofluids: Design and applications

X Zhang, L Sun, Y Yu, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ferrofluids, also known as ferromagnetic particle suspensions, are materials with an
excellent magnetic response, which have attracted increasing interest in both industrial …

A review on microdroplet generation in microfluidics

W Han, X Chen - Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences …, 2021 - Springer
Micro-nanofluidic technology is widely used in food safety testing, drug screening, new
material synthesis and bioengineering. Droplet microfluidic technology is an important …

Droplet manipulation under a magnetic field: A review

GP Zhu, QY Wang, ZK Ma, SH Wu, YP Guo - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The magnetic manipulation of droplets is one of the emerging magnetofluidic technologies
that integrate multiple disciplines, such as electromagnetics, fluid mechanics and so on. The …