Breaking the clean room barrier: exploring low-cost alternatives for microfluidic devices

CF Rodríguez, V Andrade-Pérez, MC Vargas… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary field that encompasses both science and engineering,
which aims to design and fabricate devices capable of manipulating extremely low volumes …

Elastomeric polyesters in cardiovascular tissue engineering and organs-on-a-chip

S Okhovatian, A Shakeri, L Davenport Huyer… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cardiovascular tissue constructs provide unique design requirements due to their functional
responses to substrate mechanical properties and cyclic stretching behavior of cardiac …

Direct isolation of small extracellular vesicles from human blood using viscoelastic microfluidics

Y Meng, Y Zhang, M Bühler, S Wang, M Asghari… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs;< 200 nm) that contain lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins
are considered promising biomarkers for a wide variety of diseases. Conventional methods …

Advances in cardiac tissue engineering and heart‐on‐a‐chip

J Kieda, A Shakeri, S Landau, EY Wang… - … Research Part A, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in both cardiac tissue engineering and hearts‐on‐a‐chip are grounded in
new biomaterial development as well as the employment of innovative fabrication …

Novel thermoplastic microvalves based on an elastomeric cyclic olefin copolymer

K Childers, IM Freed, ML Hupert, B Shaw, N Larsen… - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Microfluidic systems combine multiple processing steps and components to perform
complex assays in an autonomous fashion. To enable the integration of several bio …

Separation of fine particles and liquid using a physical trapping method via a stepped structure

M Horade, K Misu, T Usagawa, T Yamawaki… - Microsystem …, 2024 - Springer
This study investigated a component separation method using a microfluidic device.
Specifically, we integrated a micron-scale stepped structure, which is a component of a …

Advances in microfluidic plant biotechnology: from single cells to mature plants

V Marín-Lizarraga, LF Núñez-Becerril… - Process Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant-based biotechnology is crucial for developing renewable biofuels, enhancing
bioremediation, and improving the food supply chain. Modern agricultural technologies often …

[HTML][HTML] Lab-on-Chip Systems for Cell Sorting: Main Features and Advantages of Inertial Focusing in Spiral Microchannels

I Petruzzellis, R Martínez Vázquez, S Caragnano… - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Inertial focusing-based Lab-on-Chip systems represent a promising technology for cell
sorting in various applications, thanks to their alignment with the ASSURED criteria …

Review on bonding strength testing methods for polymer-based microfluidics

Y Lu, L Ma, L Chen, P Wan, Y Fan - Journal of Adhesion Science …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Bonding is the key step in the fabrication of microfluidic devices. In the conventional
approaches for the fabrication of polymer-based microfluidics, the substrate and cover plate …

Above 10 W, 100 kHz-class cavity-dumped Tm: YAP laser at 1.94 μm

N Li, H Huang, F Shi, K Ruan, W Weng, C Chen… - Infrared Physics & …, 2023 - Elsevier
We demonstrate a high-repetition-frequency, cavity-dumped Tm: YAP slab laser, producing
short nanosecond pulse at 1.94 μm. A thermal-lens-compensated cavity with a dual-end …