Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip platforms: requirements, characteristics and applications

D Mark, S Haeberle, G Roth, F Von Stetten… - Microfluidics based …, 2010 - Springer
This review summarizes recent developments in microfluidic platform approaches. In
contrast to isolated application-specific solutions, a microfluidic platform provides a set of …

Applications of bio‐inspired special wettable surfaces

X Yao, Y Song, L Jiang - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this review we focus on recent developments in applications of bio‐inspired special
wettable surfaces. We highlight surface materials that in recent years have shown to be the …

Superhydrophobic surfaces: from structural control to functional application

X Zhang, F Shi, J Niu, Y Jiang, Z Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
A superhydrophobic surface is a surface with a water contact angle close to or higher than
150°. In this feature article, we review the historical and present research on …

Superhydrophobic surfaces: From natural to biomimetic to functional

Z Guo, W Liu, BL Su - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Nature is the creation of aesthetic functional systems, in which many natural materials have
vagarious structures. Inspired from nature, such as lotus leaf, butterfly'wings, showing …

Recent advances in the potential applications of bioinspired superhydrophobic materials

T Darmanin, F Guittard - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review gives an overview of recent advances in the potential applications of
superhydrophobic materials. Such properties are characterized by extremely high water …

Superhydrophobic surfaces review: Functional application, fabrication techniques and limitations

K Manoharan, S Bhattacharya - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the years, researchers have been working to mimic the nature by inducing
superhydrophobic properties into a variety of material surfaces so that they exhibit non …

Recent developments in superhydrophobic surfaces with unique structural and functional properties

YL Zhang, H **a, E Kim, HB Sun - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The surface wettability control of solid materials has been considered as an essential aspect
of surface chemistry. In the past decade, superhydrophobic surfaces have revealed a …

One‐step modification of superhydrophobic surfaces by a mussel‐inspired polymer coating

SM Kang, I You, WK Cho, HK Shon… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Mussels, which are promiscuous, underwater fouling organisms, attach to virtually any
natural or synthetic organic/inorganic substrate. The major components of mussels adhesive …

Immunoassays in microfluidic systems

AHC Ng, U Uddayasankar, AR Wheeler - Analytical and bioanalytical …, 2010 - Springer
Immunoassays have greatly benefited from miniaturization in microfluidic systems. This
review, which summarizes developments in microfluidics-based immunoassays since 2000 …

Microfluidic platform towards point-of-care diagnostics in infectious diseases

W Su, X Gao, L Jiang, J Qin - Journal of Chromatography A, 2015 - Elsevier
Rapid and timely diagnosis of infectious diseases is a critical determinant of clinical
outcomes and general public health. For the detection of various pathogens, microfluidics …