Microfluidic devices: a tool for nanoparticle synthesis and performance evaluation

S Gimondi, H Ferreira, RL Reis, NM Neves - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in nanomedicine holds great promise for the treatment of
diseases for which conventional therapies present serious limitations. Additionally, NPs can …

Microfluidic nanoparticles for drug delivery

Y Liu, G Yang, Y Hui, S Ranaweera, CX Zhao - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted tremendous interest in drug delivery in the past decades.
Microfluidics offers a promising strategy for making NPs for drug delivery due to its capability …

Smart and bioinspired systems for overcoming biological barriers and enhancing disease theranostics

X Li, Y Gao, H Li, JP Majoral, X Shi, A Pich - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has emerged as a promising mean to improve theranostic efficacy and
reduce side effects. Currently, only very small percentage of injected dose reaches the solid …

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 …

Targeted liposomal drug delivery: a nanoscience and biophysical perspective

Y Liu, KMC Bravo, J Liu - Nanoscale horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Liposomes are a unique platform for drug delivery, and a number of liposomal formulations
have already been commercialized. Doxil is a representative example, which uses …

Nanoparticle elasticity affects systemic circulation lifetime by modulating adsorption of apolipoprotein AI in corona formation

M Li, X **, T Liu, F Fan, F Gao, S Chai… - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Nanoparticle elasticity is crucial in nanoparticles' physiological fate, but how this occurs is
largely unknown. Using core-shell nanoparticles with a same PEGylated lipid bilayer shell …

Role of nanoparticle mechanical properties in cancer drug delivery

Y Hui, X Yi, F Hou, D Wibowo, F Zhang, D Zhao… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The physicochemical properties of nanoparticles play critical roles in regulating nano-bio
interactions. Whereas the effects of the size, shape, and surface charge of nanoparticles on …

Effect of physicochemical and surface properties on in vivo fate of drug nanocarriers

Z Zhao, A Ukidve, V Krishnan, S Mitragotri - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the years, a plethora of materials–natural and synthetic–have been engineered at a
nanoscopic level and explored for drug delivery. Nanocarriers based on such materials …

Nanoparticle elasticity directs tumor uptake

P Guo, D Liu, K Subramanyam, B Wang, J Yang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To date, the role of elasticity in drug delivery remains elusive due to the inability to measure
microscale mechanics and alter rheology without affecting chemistry. Herein, we describe …

Recent advances of controlled drug delivery using microfluidic platforms

ST Sanjay, W Zhou, M Dou, H Tavakoli, L Ma… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Conventional systematically-administered drugs distribute evenly throughout the body, get
degraded and excreted rapidly while crossing many biological barriers, leaving minimum …