Microfluidic fabrication of microparticles for biomedical applications

W Li, L Zhang, X Ge, B Xu, W Zhang, L Qu… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics offers exquisite control over the flows of multiple fluids in microscale,
enabling fabrication of advanced microparticles with precisely tunable structures and …

Designable micro‐/nano‐structured smart polymeric materials

W Wang, PF Li, R Xie, XJ Ju, Z Liu… - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Smart polymeric materials with dynamically tunable physico‐chemical characteristics in
response to changes of environmental stimuli, have received considerable attention in …

Microfluidic emulsification techniques for controllable emulsion production and functional microparticle synthesis

W Wang, BY Li, MJ Zhang, YY Su, DW Pan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emulsions play important roles in template synthesis of functional microparticles for myriad
fields. The size, shape, composition and structure of emulsion droplets generally determine …

Multiphase flow microfluidics for the production of single or multiple emulsions for drug delivery

CX Zhao - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Considerable effort has been directed towards developing novel drug delivery systems.
Microfluidics, capable of generating monodisperse single and multiple emulsion droplets …

Triggered release from polymer capsules

AP Esser-Kahn, SA Odom, NR Sottos, SR White… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive capsules are of interest in drug delivery, fragrance release, food
preservation, and self-healing materials. Many methods are used to trigger the release of …

Dripping, jetting and tip streaming

JM Montanero, AM Gañán-Calvo - Reports on Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Dripping, jetting and tip streaming have been studied up to a certain point separately by both
fluid mechanics and microfluidics communities, the former focusing on fundamental aspects …

Industrial lab-on-a-chip: Design, applications and scale-up for drug discovery and delivery

GT Vladisavljević, N Khalid, MA Neves… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microfluidics is an emerging and promising interdisciplinary technology which offers
powerful platforms for precise production of novel functional materials (eg, emulsion …

Production of uniform droplets using membrane, microchannel and microfluidic emulsification devices

GT Vladisavljević, I Kobayashi, M Nakajima - Microfluidics and …, 2012 - Springer
This review provides an overview of major microengineering emulsification techniques for
production of monodispersed droplets. The main emphasis has been put on membrane …

Multiphase flow in microfluidics: From droplets and bubbles to the encapsulated structures

A Sattari, P Hanafizadeh, M Hoorfar - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microfluidic technologies have a unique ability to control more precisely and effectively on
two-phase flow systems in comparison with macro systems. Controlling the size of the …

25th anniversary article: Double emulsion templated solid microcapsules: Mechanics and controlled release

SS Datta, A Abbaspourrad, E Amstad, J Fan… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
How droplet microfluidics can be used to fabricate solid‐shelled microcapsules having
precisely controlled release behavior is described. Glass capillary devices enable the …