Polysaccharide nanoparticles: From fabrication to applications

A Plucinski, Z Lyu, BVKJ Schmidt - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polysaccharides have attracted considerable attention in a broad range of applications in
recent years, which is due to their remarkable features such as biocompatibility …

Emerging droplet microfluidics

L Shang, Y Cheng, Y Zhao - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Droplet microfluidics generates and manipulates discrete droplets through immiscible
multiphase flows inside microchannels. Due to its remarkable advantages, droplet …

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 …

Emerging aqueous two-phase systems: from fundamentals of interfaces to biomedical applications

Y Chao, HC Shum - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPSs) have been recognized for their applications in
extraction, separation, purification, and enrichment of (bio) molecules and cells. Recently …

Development and future of droplet microfluidics

L Nan, H Zhang, DA Weitz, HC Shum - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past two decades, advances in droplet-based microfluidics have facilitated new
approaches to process and analyze samples with unprecedented levels of precision and …

Granular hydrogels in biofabrication: recent advances and future perspectives

AC Daly - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Granular hydrogels, which are formed by densely packing microgels, are promising
materials for bioprinting due to their extrudability, porosity, and modularity. However, the …

Advances and challenges of hydrogel materials for robotic and sensing applications

Y Ouyang, G Huang, J Cui, H Zhu, G Yan… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are soft materials composed of a three-dimensional (3D) hydrophilic polymer
network filled with a large amount of water. Different from rigid machines, hydrogel-based …

Suspendable hydrogel nanovials for massively parallel single-cell functional analysis and sorting

J De Rutte, R Dimatteo, MM Archang, M Van Zee… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Techniques to analyze and sort single cells based on functional outputs, such as secreted
products, have the potential to transform our understanding of cellular biology as well as …

In-air microfluidics enables rapid fabrication of emulsions, suspensions, and 3D modular (bio) materials

CW Visser, T Kamperman, LP Karbaat, D Lohse… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Microfluidic chips provide unparalleled control over droplets and jets, which have advanced
all natural sciences. However, microfluidic applications could be vastly expanded by …

Cell‐inspired all‐aqueous microfluidics: from intracellular liquid–liquid phase separation toward advanced biomaterials

Q Ma, Y Song, W Sun, J Cao, H Yuan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Living cells have evolved over billions of years to develop structural and functional
complexity with numerous intracellular compartments that are formed due to liquid–liquid …