3D printed bionic nanodevices

YL Kong, MK Gupta, BN Johnson, MC McAlpine - Nano today, 2016 - Elsevier
The ability to three-dimensionally interweave biological and functional materials could
enable the creation of bionic devices possessing unique and compelling geometries …

Particles, drops, and bubbles moving across sharp interfaces and stratified layers

J Magnaudet, MJ Mercier - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Rigid or deformable bodies moving through continuously stratified layers or across sharp
interfaces are involved in a wide variety of geophysical and engineering applications, with …

Bio-inspired clamping microneedle arrays from flexible ferrofluid-configured moldings

X Zhang, F Wang, Y Yu, G Chen, L Shang, L Sun… - Science Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Microneedle (MN) arrays have demonstrated value for cosmetics, diagnosis, transdermal
drug delivery, and other biomedical areas. Much effort has been devoted to developing …

Floating versus sinking

D Vella - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Small objects that are more dense than water may still float at the air-water interface
because of surface tension. Whether this is possible depends not only on the density and …

Microfluidic encapsulation for controlled release and its potential for nanofertilisers

TNQ Le, NN Tran, M Escribà-Gelonch… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanotechnology is increasingly being utilized to create advanced materials with improved or
new functional attributes. Converting fertilizers into a nanoparticle-form has been shown to …

Inertial dynamics of air bubbles crossing a horizontal fluid–fluid interface

R Bonhomme, J Magnaudet, F Duval… - Journal of Fluid …, 2012 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of isolated air bubbles crossing the horizontal interface separating two
Newtonian immiscible liquids initially at rest are studied both experimentally and …

Microfluidic generation of aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) droplets by controlled pulsating inlet pressures

BU Moon, SG Jones, DK Hwang, SSH Tsai - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a technique that generates droplets using ultralow interfacial tension aqueous
two-phase systems (ATPS). Our method combines a classical microfluidic flow focusing …

On-chip polyelectrolyte coating onto magnetic droplets–towards continuous flow assembly of drug delivery capsules

AQ Alorabi, MD Tarn, J Gómez-Pastora, E Bringas… - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyelectrolyte (PE) microcapsules for drug delivery are typically fabricated via layer-by-
layer (LbL) deposition of PE layers of alternating charge on sacrificial template …

[PDF][PDF] One-step two-dimensional microfluidics-based synthesis of three-dimensional particles

N Hakimi, SSH Tsai, CH Cheng, DK Hwang - Adv. Mater, 2014 - magneticmicrosphere.com
Manufactured microparticles have numerous emerging application areas, namely, in drug
delivery,[1] tissue engineering,[2] particle-assembly,[3] and microelectromechanical systems …

On-chip determination of C-reactive protein using magnetic particles in continuous flow

C Phurimsak, MD Tarn, SA Peyman… - Analytical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the application of a multilaminar flow platform, in which functionalized
magnetic particles are deflected through alternating laminar flow streams of reagents and …