Microfluidic approaches for isolation, detection, and characterization of extracellular vesicles: Current status and future directions

S Gholizadeh, MS Draz, M Zarghooni… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived vesicles present in body fluids that play an
essential role in various cellular processes, such as intercellular communication …

Microfluidic evaporation, pervaporation, and osmosis: from passive pumping to solute concentration

P Bacchin, J Leng, JB Salmon - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Evaporation, pervaporation, and forward osmosis are processes leading to a mass transfer
of solvent across an interface: gas/liquid for evaporation and solid/liquid (membrane) for …

Advances in microfluidics for environmental analysis

JC Jokerst, JM Emory, CS Henry - Analyst, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
During the past few years, a growing number of groups have recognized the utility of
microfluidic devices for environmental analysis. Microfluidic devices offer a number of …

A review of state‐of‐the‐art microfluidic technologies for environmental applications: Detection and remediation

M Yew, Y Ren, KS Koh, C Sun, C Snape - Global Challenges, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic systems have advanced beyond natural and life science applications and lab‐
on‐a‐chip uses. A growing trend of employing microfluidic technologies for environmental …

Recent advances in microfluidic sensors for nutrients detection in water

Z Li, H Liu, D Wang, M Zhang, Y Yang, T Ren - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nutrients play an extremely crucial role in human health, ecosystem stability and directly
affect water environmental quality. Therefore, the development of novel sensing methods for …

Microfluidics for microswimmers: engineering novel swimmers and constructing swimming lanes on the microscale, a tutorial review

P Sharan, A Nsamela, SC Lesher‐Pérez, J Simmchen - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides an updated review of recent advances in microfluidics applied to
artificial and biohybrid microswimmers. Sharing the common regime of low Reynolds …

Emergence of microfluidic devices in sample extraction; an overview of diverse methodologies, principals, and recent advancements

M Alidoust, M Baharfar, M Manouchehri… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The advent of chip technology and microfluidics has largely impacted the area of analytical
chemistry towards development of more efficient, cost-effective, user-and environmentally …

Efficient manipulation of microparticles in bubble streaming flows

C Wang, SV Jalikop, S Hilgenfeldt - Biomicrofluidics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Oscillating microbubbles of radius 20–100 μm driven by ultrasound initiate a steady
streaming flow around the bubbles. In such flows, microparticles of even smaller sizes …

Direct numerical simulation of continuous lithium extraction from high Mg2+/Li+ ratio brines using microfluidic channels with ion concentration polarization

L Gong, W Ouyang, Z Li, J Han - Journal of membrane science, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel ion concentration polarization-based microfluidic device is proposed for continuous
extraction of Li+ from high Mg 2+/Li+ ratio brines. With simultaneous application of the cross …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated electrochemical biosensors for detection of waterborne pathogens in low-resource settings

J Rainbow, E Sedlackova, S Jiang, G Maxted… - Biosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
More than 783 million people worldwide are currently without access to clean and safe
water. Approximately 1 in 5 cases of mortality due to waterborne diseases involve children …