Multiphase flow in microfluidics: From droplets and bubbles to the encapsulated structures

A Sattari, P Hanafizadeh, M Hoorfar - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microfluidic technologies have a unique ability to control more precisely and effectively on
two-phase flow systems in comparison with macro systems. Controlling the size of the …

Microfluidic trends in drug screening and drug delivery

J Feng, J Neuzil, A Manz, C Iliescu, P Neuzil - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low probability of a drug candidate's clinical success, the time consumed and the high
cost of bringing a drug from concept to market emphasizes the need for new approaches to …

Numerical study of droplet formation in the ordinary and modified T-junctions

X Li, L He, Y He, H Gu, M Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This work presents a flexible manipulation solution on droplet formation based on the
modified T-junction with a rectangular rib to reduce the droplet size and improve …

Droplet‐based microreactor for the production of micro/nano‐materials

L Liu, N Xiang, Z Ni - Electrophoresis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet‐based microreactors are of great interest to researchers due to their incredible
ability in the synthesis of micro/nano‐materials with multi‐function and complex geometry. In …

Single-cell impedance analysis of osteogenic differentiation by droplet-based microfluidics

W Fan, X Chen, Y Ge, Y Jin, Q Jin, J Zhao - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Single-cell analysis is critical to understanding its heterogeneity and biological processes,
such as stem cell differentiation, and elucidating the underlying mechanisms of cellular …

Accounting for corner flow unifies the understanding of droplet formation in microfluidic channels

PM Korczyk, V van Steijn, S Blonski, D Zaremba… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
While shear emulsification is a well understood industrial process, geometrical confinement
in microfluidic systems introduces fascinating complexity, so far prohibiting complete …

Insights into the dynamics of non-Newtonian droplet formation in a T-junction microchannel

P Kumari, A Atta - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The non-Newtonian shear-thinning droplet formation mechanism in a T-junction
microchannel is experimentally investigated using the aqueous solutions of xanthan gum as …

Microfluidics-based fabrication of cell-laden microgels

MGA Mohamed, P Ambhorkar, R Samanipour… - …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Microfluidic principles have been extensively utilized as powerful tools to fabricate controlled
monodisperse cell-laden hydrogel microdroplets for various biological applications …

Numerical investigation of Tesla valves with a variable angle

P Hu, P Wang, L Liu, X Ruan, L Zhang, Z Xu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A Tesla valve is a passive check valve but with no-moving parts. The unique diode nature of
Tesla valves makes them attractive for fluid control in many engineering fields, such as …

Controlled viscoelastic particle encapsulation in microfluidic devices

K Shahrivar, F Del Giudice - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The encapsulation of particles in droplets using microfluidic devices finds application across
several fields ranging from biomedical engineering to materials science. The encapsulation …