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 …

Formation of droplets and bubbles in a microfluidic T-junction—scaling and mechanism of break-up

P Garstecki, MJ Fuerstman, HA Stone, GM Whitesides - Lab on a Chip, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
This article describes the process of formation of droplets and bubbles in microfluidic T-
junction geometries. At low capillary numbers break-up is not dominated by shear stresses …

Droplet based microfluidics

R Seemann, M Brinkmann, T Pfohl… - Reports on progress …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Droplet based microfluidics is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of research combining
soft matter physics, biochemistry and microsystems engineering. Its applications range from …

Dynamics of microfluidic droplets

CN Baroud, F Gallaire, R Dangla - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review discusses the current understanding of the formation, transport, and
merging of drops in microfluidics. We focus on the physical ingredients which determine the …

The Poisson distribution and beyond: methods for microfluidic droplet production and single cell encapsulation

DJ Collins, A Neild, A DeMello, AQ Liu, Y Ai - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a recognized and growing need for rapid and efficient cell assays, where the size of
microfluidic devices lend themselves to the manipulation of cellular populations down to the …

Droplets and bubbles in microfluidic devices

SL Anna - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Precise, tunable emulsions and foams produced in microfluidic geometries have found wide
application in biochemical analysis and materials synthesis and characterization. Superb …

Microfluidic devices for drug delivery systems and drug screening

S Damiati, UB Kompella, SA Damiati, R Kodzius - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic devices present unique advantages for the development of efficient drug carrier
particles, cell-free protein synthesis systems, and rapid techniques for direct drug screening …

Droplet-based microfluidics in biomedical applications

L Amirifar, M Besanjideh, R Nasiri, A Shamloo… - …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Droplet-based microfluidic systems have been employed to manipulate discrete fluid
volumes with immiscible phases. Creating the fluid droplets at microscale has led to a …

Machine learning for microfluidic design and control

D McIntyre, A Lashkaripour, P Fordyce, D Densmore - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidics has developed into a mature field with applications across science and
engineering, having particular commercial success in molecular diagnostics, next …