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 …

Hydrogel droplets are biodegradable and biocompatible materials with promising
applications in tissue engineering, cell encapsulation, and clinical treatments. They …

The formation of an aqueous droplet in an organic continuous phase was studied
experimentally inside a flow-focusing microchannel (190 μm× 195 μm: depth× width) in the …

The non-Newtonian shear-thinning droplet formation mechanism in a T-junction
microchannel is experimentally investigated using the aqueous solutions of xanthan gum as …

Temperature control is a critical factor in PCR for efficient DNA amplification. The main aim is
to achieve tight control and high rate of heating and cooling for a portable, cost-effective …

Trapezoidal cross-sectional spiral microfluidic channels showed high resolution and
throughput in cell separation in bio-applications. The main challenges are the complexity …

Fundamental understanding of two-phase flow and the concomitant implications of wall
wettability and viscosity are critical in areas like microfluidics and lab on chip applications. In …

Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) is a versatile sensing platform that has gained
increasing attention for its use in bioapplications due to its high sensitivity, real-time …

The focus of this work is to examine the effect of flow rate ratio (quotient of the dispersed
phase flow rate over the continuous phase flow rate) on a regime transition from squeezing …

Xanthan gum (XG) is a typical shear-thinning fluid whose viscosity reduces with increasing
shear rate. An XG aqueous solution is used to explore the generation mechanism of droplets …