Re‐entrant microstructures for robust liquid repellent surfaces

HH Vu, NT Nguyen… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Superhydrophobic surfaces have many interesting applications because of their self‐
cleaning, waterproof, anti‐biofouling, anti‐corrosion, and low‐adhesion properties …

Recent advances in the label-free characterization of exosomes for cancer liquid biopsy: from scattering and spectroscopy to nanoindentation and nanodevices

R Di Santo, S Romanò, A Mazzini, S Jovanović… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exosomes (EXOs) are nano-sized vesicles secreted by most cell types. They are abundant
in bio-fluids and harbor specific molecular constituents from their parental cells. Due to these …

Mechanical and structural comparison between primary tumor and lymph node metastasis cells in colorectal cancer

V Palmieri, D Lucchetti, A Maiorana, M Papi… - Soft matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
SW480 and SW620 colon carcinoma cell lines derive from primary tumour and lymph-node
metastasis of the same patient, respectively. For this reason, these cells represent an ideal …

Structuring of functional spider silk wires, coatings, and sheets by self‐assembly on superhydrophobic pillar surfaces

L Gustafsson, R Jansson, M Hedhammar… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Spider silk has recently become a material of high interest for a large number of biomedical
applications. Previous work on structuring of silk has resulted in particles (0D), fibers (1D) …

Buoyancy-induced on-the-spot mixing in droplets evaporating on nonwetting surfaces

S Dash, A Chandramohan, JA Weibel, SV Garimella - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
We investigate hitherto-unexplored flow characteristics inside a sessile droplet evaporating
on heated hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces and propose the use of evaporation …

Effect of superhydrophobic surface morphology on evaporative deposition patterns

M Dicuangco, S Dash, JA Weibel… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Prediction and active control of the spatial distribution of particulate deposits obtained from
sessile droplet evaporation are vital in printing, nanostructure assembly, biotechnology, and …

Recent advances in superhydrophobic surfaces and their relevance to biology and medicine

G Ciasca, M Papi, L Businaro, G Campi… - Bioinspiration & …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
By mimicking naturally occurring superhydrophobic surfaces, scientists can now realize
artificial surfaces on which droplets of a few microliters of water are forced to assume an …

Evaporation dynamics of surfactant-laden droplets on a superhydrophobic surface: influence of surfactant concentration

A Aldhaleai, PA Tsai - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surfactant-laden sessile droplet evaporation plays a crucial role in a variety of omnipresent
natural and technological applications, such as drying, coating, spray, and inkjet printing …

Evaporation dynamics of water droplets on superhydrophobic nanograss surfaces

A Aldhaleai, F Khan, T Thundat, PA Tsai - International Journal of Heat and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Evaporation of a sessile droplet on superhydrophobic surfaces has various applications due
to their utmost water-repellent and self-cleaning wetting properties. We experimentally …

Microfluidics for 3D cell and tissue cultures: microfabricative and ethical aspects updates

T Limongi, F Guzzi, E Parrotta, P Candeloro, S Scalise… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The necessity to improve in vitro cell screening assays is becoming ever more important.
Pharmaceutical companies, research laboratories and hospitals require technologies that …