Smart and multifunctional materials based on electroactive poly (vinylidene fluoride): recent advances and opportunities in sensors, actuators, energy, environmental …

CM Costa, VF Cardoso, P Martins, DM Correia… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From scientific and technological points of view, poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, is one of
the most exciting polymers due to its overall physicochemical characteristics. This polymer …

Microfluidic chips: recent advances, critical strategies in design, applications and future perspectives

P Pattanayak, SK Singh, M Gulati, S Vishwas… - Microfluidics and …, 2021 - Springer
Microfluidic chip technology is an emerging tool in the field of biomedical application.
Microfluidic chip includes a set of groves or microchannels that are engraved on different …

Droplet-based microfluidics in biomedical applications

L Amirifar, M Besanjideh, R Nasiri, A Shamloo… - …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Droplet-based microfluidic systems have been employed to manipulate discrete fluid
volumes with immiscible phases. Creating the fluid droplets at microscale has led to a …

Fluorinated polymers as smart materials for advanced biomedical applications

VF Cardoso, DM Correia, C Ribeiro, MM Fernandes… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fluorinated polymers constitute a unique class of materials that exhibit a combination of
suitable properties for a wide range of applications, which mainly arise from their …

Micropumps and biomedical applications–A review

YN Wang, LM Fu - Microelectronic Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the current state-of-the-art in micropumping technology for
biomedical applications. The review focuses particularly on the actuation schemes, flow …

A review of recent studies on piezoelectric pumps and their applications

H Li, J Liu, K Li, Y Liu - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric pumps have obtained considerable significance and have become the focus
area of research for biomedicine, fuel supply, liquid cooling, chemistry and precision driving …

Droplet microfluidics: from proof-of-concept to real-world utility?

A Suea-Ngam, PD Howes, M Srisa-Art… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Droplet microfluidics constitutes a diverse and practical tool set that enables chemical and
biological experiments to be performed at high speed and with enhanced efficiency when …

A Self‐Powered Piezo‐Bioelectric Device Regulates Tendon Repair‐Associated Signaling Pathways through Modulation of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

MA Fernandez‐Yague, A Trotier, S Demir… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tendon disease constitutes an unmet clinical need and remains a critical challenge in the
field of orthopaedic surgery. Innovative solutions are required to overcome the limitations of …

Pulsatile flow in microfluidic systems

B Dincau, E Dressaire, A Sauret - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the current knowledge and applications of pulsatile flow in microfluidic
systems. Elements of fluid dynamics at low Reynolds number are first described in the …

A fully automated microfluidic PCR-array system for rapid detection of multiple respiratory tract infection pathogens

E Huang, Y Wang, N Yang, B Shu, G Zhang… - Analytical and …, 2021 - Springer
Rapid and accurate identification of respiratory tract infection pathogens is of utmost
importance for clinical diagnosis and treatment, as well as prevention of pathogen …