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 …

Role of nanotechnology in cosmeceuticals: a review of recent advances

S Kaul, N Gulati, D Verma, S Mukherjee… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology manifests the progression in the arena of research and development, by
increasing the efficacy of the product through delivery of innovative solutions. To overcome …

Bioinspired polymer vesicles and membranes for biological and medical applications

CG Palivan, R Goers, A Najer, X Zhang, A Car… - Chemical society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological membranes play an essential role in living organisms by providing stable and
functional compartments, preserving cell architecture, whilst supporting signalling and …

Engineering functional polymer capsules toward smart nanoreactors

J Gaitzsch, X Huang, B Voit - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The design and construction of integrated chemical ensembles for studying complex
biological systems is attracting considerable interest in a wide range of research …

Cascade reactions in multicompartmentalized polymersomes

RJRW Peters, M Marguet, S Marais… - Angewandte …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme‐filled polystyrene‐b‐poly (3‐(isocyano‐l‐alanyl‐aminoethyl) thiophene)(PS‐b‐
PIAT) nanoreactors are encapsulated together with free enzymes and substrates in a larger …

Versatile phospholipid assemblies for functional synthetic cells and artificial tissues

X Wang, H Du, Z Wang, W Mu, X Han - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The bottom‐up construction of a synthetic cell from nonliving building blocks capable of
mimicking cellular properties and behaviors helps to understand the particular biophysical …

Bio-inspired self-healing structural color hydrogel

F Fu, Z Chen, Z Zhao, H Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Biologically inspired self-healing structural color hydrogels were developed by adding a
glucose oxidase (GOX)-and catalase (CAT)-filled glutaraldehyde cross-linked BSA hydrogel …

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 …

Multivariate metal–organic frameworks for dialing-in the binding and programming the release of drug molecules

Z Dong, Y Sun, J Chu, X Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report the control of guest release profiles by dialing-in desirable interactions between
guest molecules and pores in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). The interactions can be …