Fabrication and applications of microfluidic devices: A review

AG Niculescu, C Chircov, AC Bîrcă… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microfluidics is a relatively newly emerged field based on the combined principles of
physics, chemistry, biology, fluid dynamics, microelectronics, and material science. Various …

Lab-on-chip for exosomes and microvesicles detection and characterization

MS Chiriacò, M Bianco, A Nigro, E Primiceri, F Ferrara… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Interest in extracellular vesicles and in particular microvesicles and exosomes, which are
constitutively produced by cells, is on the rise for their huge potential as biomarkers in a high …

Ultrastrong plasmon–exciton coupling by dynamic molecular aggregation

F Todisco, M De Giorgi, M Esposito, L De Marco… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Plasmon–exciton polaritons arise from the coherent coupling of the localized plasmon of
metal nanoparticles and the exciton of nearby resonant nanoemitters. The behavior of such …

Microfluidics: a groundbreaking technology for PET tracer production?

C Rensch, A Jackson, S Lindner, R Salvamoser… - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Application of microfluidics to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) tracer synthesis has
attracted increasing interest within the last decade. The technical advantages of …

Continuous-flow production of injectable liposomes via a microfluidic approach

A Zizzari, M Bianco, L Carbone, E Perrone, F Amato… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Injectable liposomes are characterized by a suitable size and unique lipid mixtures, which
require time-consuming and nonstraightforward production processes. The complexity of the …

Recent Advances in Microfluidic Devices for the Radiosynthesis of PET‐imaging Probes

H Elkawad, Y Xu, M Tian, C Jin… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In order to accommodate the growing demand for positron emission tomography (PET), it
will be necessary to create innovative radiochemical and engineering technologies to …

Microliter-scale reaction arrays for economical high-throughput experimentation in radiochemistry

A Rios, TS Holloway, PH Chao, C De Caro… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The increasing number of positron-emission tomography (PET) tracers being developed to
aid drug development and create new diagnostics has led to an increased need for …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of CO2-laser processing of quartz for fast prototyping of microfluidic reactors and templates for 3D cell assembly over large scale

E Perrone, M Cesaria, A Zizzari, M Bianco, F Ferrara… - Materials Today Bio, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO 2)-laser processing of glasses is a versatile maskless writing
technique to engrave micro-structures with flexible control on shape and size. In this study …

18F-labelling innovations and their potential for clinical application

HH Coenen, J Ermert - Clinical and Translational Imaging, 2018 - Springer
An impressive variety of new methodologies for the preparation of 18 F-labelled tracers and
ligands has appeared over the last decade. Most strategies of the newly developed …

Digital microfluidics: a new paradigm for radiochemistry

PY Keng, RM van Dam - Molecular imaging, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The emerging technology of digital microfluidics is opening up the possibility of performing
radiochemistry at the microliter scale to produce tracers for positron emission tomography …