Droplet-based microfluidics: applications in pharmaceuticals

TND Trinh, HDK Do, NN Nam, TT Dan, KTL Trinh… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Droplet-based microfluidics offer great opportunities for applications in various fields, such
as diagnostics, food sciences, and drug discovery. A droplet provides an isolated …

A review of optoelectrowetting (OEW): from fundamentals to lab-on-a-smartphone (LOS) applications to environmental sensors

SK Thio, SY Park - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) has been extensively explored as an active-type
technology for small-scale liquid handling due to its several unique advantages, including …

Multifunctional droplet handling on surface-charge-graphic-decorated porous papers

J Wu, D Fang, Y Zhou, G Gao, J Zeng, Y Zeng… - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing a fluidic platform that combines high-throughput with reconfigurability is
essential for a wide range of cutting-edge applications, but achieving both capabilities …

Light‐Responsive Materials in Droplet Manipulation for Biochemical Applications

G Cheng, CY Kuan, KW Lou, YP Ho - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Miniaturized droplets, characterized by well‐controlled microenvironments and capability for
parallel processing, have significantly advanced the studies on enzymatic evolution …

Research progress and application exploration of typical microreactor technologies for health monitoring and disease Diagnosis/Treatment

Z Tan, Y Zheng, H Shi, W Xu, X Jia, Z Dan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microreactor is an important functional device in a microfluidic system, which has a
significant impact on the overall performance of the microfluidic system. As an emerging …

Intelligent optoelectrowetting digital microfluidic system for real-time selective parallel manipulation of biological droplet arrays

T Wang, S Zhou, X Liu, J Zeng, X He, Z Yu, Z Liu, X Liu… - Lab on a Chip, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Optoelectrowetting technology generates virtual electrodes to manipulate droplets by
projecting optical patterns onto the photoconductive layer. This method avoids the complex …

Emerging light-responsive functional surfaces for droplet manipulation

S Fu, Y Zhou, J Zhao, K Pei, Z Guo - Applied Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Precise manipulation of the droplet is essential in both fundamental research and practical
applications, from cargo pick-up to biological diagnostics, thus functional surfaces with …

AI-powered modular and general-purpose droplet processing system based on single-sided continuous optoelectrowetting chip

E Liu, C Wang, L Du, S Li, A Riaud, J Zhou - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Single-sided continuous optoelectrowetting (SCOEW) is a versatile light-controlled digital
microfluidic technology. However, the absence of automated algorithms for generating light …

An electrothermal platform for active droplet manipulation

Y Liu, Y Xia, H Zhan, C Lu, Z Yuan, L Zhao - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The smart control of droplet transport through surface structures and external fields provides
exciting opportunities in engineering fields of phase change heat transfer, biomedical chips …

Efficient fabrication of bioinspired soft, ridged-slippery surfaces with large-range anisotropic wettability for droplet manipulation

L Jiao, D Tan, Y Hu, Y Yang, Q Guo, N Zhou, H Wu… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The droplet lossless directional motion control on slippery surfaces holds immense promise
for applications in microfluidic chips, hazardous substance detection, chemical dispensing …