Routes of drug administration and the corresponding physicochemical characteristics of a
given route play significant roles in therapeutic efficacy and short term/long term biological …

Droplet microfluidics offers exquisite control over the flows of multiple fluids in microscale,
enabling fabrication of advanced microparticles with precisely tunable structures and …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the literature for fabricating PDMS
microfluidic devices by employing additive manufacturing (AM) processes. AM processes for …

Sustained-release drug-loaded microspheres provide a long-acting sustained release, with
targeted and other effects. There are many types of sustained-release drug microspheres …

Tumor cells are hypothesized to use proteolytic enzymes to facilitate invasion. Whether
circulating tumor cells (CTCs) secrete these enzymes to aid metastasis is unknown. A …

The last two decades have witnessed tremendous progress in the development of
microfluidic chips that generate micrometer-and nanometer-scale materials. These chips …

Microparticles with defined shapes and spatial chemical modification can interface with cells
and tissues at the cellular scale. However, conventional methods to fabricate shaped …

The emerging applications of hydrogel materials at different length scales, in areas ranging
from sustainability to health, have driven the progress in the design and manufacturing of …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are important biomarkers of liquid biopsy. The number and
heterogeneity of CTCs play an important role in cancer diagnosis and personalized …

The droplet-based microfluidic techniques have been applied widely in functional material
synthesis and biomedical information measurements, wherein step emulsification as an …