Properties and applications of PDMS for biomedical engineering: A review

I Miranda, A Souza, P Sousa, J Ribeiro… - Journal of functional …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is an elastomer with excellent optical, electrical and
mechanical properties, which makes it well-suited for several engineering applications. Due …

Fabrication and applications of microfluidic devices: A review

AG Niculescu, C Chircov, AC Bîrcă… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics is a relatively newly emerged field based on the combined principles of
physics, chemistry, biology, fluid dynamics, microelectronics, and material science. Various …

Active and passive micromixers: A comprehensive review

M Bayareh, MN Ashani, A Usefian - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review (with 205 refs.) addresses the need for microdevices, presents the basic
microfluidic equations and describes the relevant numerical and experimental approaches …

A review of current methods in microfluidic device fabrication and future commercialization prospects

BK Gale, AR Jafek, CJ Lambert, BL Goenner… - Inventions, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic devices currently play an important role in many biological, chemical, and
engineering applications, and there are many ways to fabricate the necessary channel and …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of microfluidics for next generation biomedical devices

S Preetam, BK Nahak, S Patra, DC Toncu… - … and Bioelectronics: X, 2022 - Elsevier
The attention in lab-on-a-chip devices with their potent application in medical engineering
has prolonged swiftly over the last ten years. Travelling through the technology …

Biomedical applications of microfluidic devices: a review

G Gharib, İ Bütün, Z Muganlı, G Kozalak, İ Namlı… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both passive and active microfluidic chips are used in many biomedical and chemical
applications to support fluid mixing, particle manipulations, and signal detection. Passive …

Machine learning enables design automation of microfluidic flow-focusing droplet generation

A Lashkaripour, C Rodriguez, N Mehdipour… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Droplet-based microfluidic devices hold immense potential in becoming inexpensive
alternatives to existing screening platforms across life science applications, such as enzyme …

Hydrogel-based fiber biofabrication techniques for skeletal muscle tissue engineering

M Volpi, A Paradiso, M Costantini… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The functional capabilities of skeletal muscle are strongly correlated with its well-arranged
microstructure, consisting of parallelly aligned myotubes. In case of extensive muscle loss …

3D printing for chemical, pharmaceutical and biological applications

AJ Capel, RP Rimington, MP Lewis… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract 3D printing is becoming increasingly prevalent in modern chemistry laboratories.
This technology provides chemists with the ability to design, prototype and print functional …

Microfluidic‐based approaches in targeted cell/particle separation based on physical properties: fundamentals and applications

R Nasiri, A Shamloo, S Ahadian, L Amirifar, J Akbari… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell separation is a key step in many biomedical research areas including biotechnology,
cancer research, regenerative medicine, and drug discovery. While conventional cell sorting …