Cell manipulation is the foundation of biochemical studies, which demands user-friendly,
multifunctional and precise tools. Based on flow confinement principles, open microfluidics …

Microfluidics has great potential, but the complexity of fabricating and operating devices has
limited its use. Here we describe a method—Freestyle Fluidics—that overcomes many key …

The present study demonstrates a surface structure that mimics the water harvesting wing
surface of the Namib Desert beetle. Hydrophilic patterns on superhydrophobic surfaces …

Although the field of microfluidics has made significant progress in bringing new tools to
address biological questions, the accessibility and adoption of microfluidics within the life …

Present approaches to assess cancer treatments are often inaccurate, costly, and/or
cumbersome. Functional testing platforms that use live tumor cells are a promising tool both …

Local interactions between (bio) chemicals and biological interfaces play an important role
in fields ranging from surface patterning to cell toxicology. These interactions can be studied …

In vitro culture of single cells facilitates biological studies by deconvoluting complications
from cell population heterogeneity. However, there is still a lack of simple yet high …

Microfluidics has become an important tool to engineer microenvironments with high
precision, comprising devices and methods for controlling and manipulating fluids at the …

We present a simple and economical method to produce a potential open microfluidic
polymeric device. Biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces were prepared on polystyrene …

Most investigations of cancer-stroma interactions have focused on biochemical signaling
effects, with much less attention being paid to biophysical factors. In this study, we …