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 …

Emerging aqueous two-phase systems: from fundamentals of interfaces to biomedical applications

Y Chao, HC Shum - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPSs) have been recognized for their applications in
extraction, separation, purification, and enrichment of (bio) molecules and cells. Recently …

Biomass microcapsules with stem cell encapsulation for bone repair

L Yang, Y Liu, L Sun, C Zhao, G Chen, Y Zhao - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
Bone defects caused by trauma, tumor, or osteoarthritis remain challenging due to the lack
of effective treatments in clinic. Stem cell transplantation has emerged as an alternative …

From protein building blocks to functional materials

Y Shen, A Levin, A Kamada, Z Toprakcioglu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are the fundamental building blocks for high-performance materials in nature. Such
materials fulfill structural roles, as in the case of silk and collagen, and can generate active …

Water-in-water (W/W) emulsions

J Esquena - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Water-in-water (W/W) emulsions are colloidal dispersions of an aqueous solution
into another aqueous phase. Such dispersions can be formed in mixtures of at least two …

Drip** and jetting in microfluidic multiphase flows applied to particle and fibre synthesis

JK Nunes, SSH Tsai, J Wan… - Journal of physics D …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Drip** and jetting regimes in microfluidic multiphase flows have been investigated
extensively, and this review summarizes the main observations and physical …

Materials and methods for droplet microfluidic device fabrication

KS Elvira, F Gielen, SSH Tsai, AM Nightingale - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the first reports two decades ago, droplet-based systems have emerged as a
compelling tool for microbiological and (bio) chemical science, with droplet flow providing …

Cell‐inspired all‐aqueous microfluidics: from intracellular liquid–liquid phase separation toward advanced biomaterials

Q Ma, Y Song, W Sun, J Cao, H Yuan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Living cells have evolved over billions of years to develop structural and functional
complexity with numerous intracellular compartments that are formed due to liquid–liquid …

Growth, replication and division enable evolution of coacervate protocells

AD Slootbeek, MHI van Haren, IBA Smokers… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Living and proliferating cells undergo repeated cycles of growth, replication and division, all
orchestrated by complex molecular networks. How a minimal cell cycle emerged and helped …

Microfluidic technologies for nanoparticle formation

F Tian, L Cai, C Liu, J Sun - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional nanoparticles (NPs) hold immense promise in diverse fields due to their unique
biological, chemical, and physical properties associated with size or morphology …