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 …

High‐internal‐phase pickering emulsions stabilized solely by peanut‐protein‐isolate microgel particles with multiple potential applications

B Jiao, A Shi, Q Wang, BP Binks - … Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
High‐internal‐phase Pickering emulsions have various applications in materials science.
However, the biocompatibility and biodegradability of inorganic or synthetic stabilizers limit …

Microfluidics-enabled soft manufacture of materials with tailorable wettability

P Zhu, L Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics and wettability are interrelated and mutually reinforcing fields, experiencing
synergistic growth. Surface wettability is paramount in regulating microfluidic flows for …

Physicochemical hydrodynamics of droplets out of equilibrium

D Lohse, X Zhang - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Droplets abound in nature and technology. In general, they are multicomponent, and, when
out of equilibrium, have gradients in concentration, implying flow and mass transport …

Development and future of droplet microfluidics

L Nan, H Zhang, DA Weitz, HC Shum - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past two decades, advances in droplet-based microfluidics have facilitated new
approaches to process and analyze samples with unprecedented levels of precision and …

Dynamically reconfigurable complex emulsions via tunable interfacial tensions

LD Zarzar, V Sresht, EM Sletten, JA Kalow… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Emulsification is a powerful, well-known technique for mixing and dispersing immiscible
components within a continuous liquid phase. Consequently, emulsions are central …

Core-shell microparticles: From rational engineering to diverse applications

X Zhang, Q Qu, A Zhou, Y Wang, J Zhang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Core-shell microparticles, composed of solid, liquid, or gas bubbles surrounded by a
protective shell, are gaining considerable attention as intelligent and versatile carriers that …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Continuous fabrication of hierarchical and asymmetric bijel microparticles, fibers, and membranes by solvent transfer‐induced phase separation (STRIPS)

MF Haase, KJ Stebe, D Lee - Advanced Materials, 2015 - martinhaase.com
Alternatively, polymerization of STRIPS bijel materials generates planar or hollow fiber
membranes with potential applications in filtration, as battery components, as sensors and …