Cells release nanometer-scale, lipid bilayer-enclosed biomolecular packages (extracellular
vesicles; EVs) into their surrounding environment. EVs are hypothesized to be intercellular …

The manipulation of cells and particles suspended in viscoelastic fluids in microchannels
has drawn increasing attention, in part due to the ability for single-stream three-dimensional …

Exosomes, the smallest sized extracellular vesicles (∽ 30–150 nm) packaged with lipids,
proteins, functional messenger RNAs and microRNAs, and double-stranded DNA from their …

Exosomes, molecular cargos secreted by almost all mammalian cells, are considered as
promising biomarkers to identify many diseases including cancers. However, the small size …

Microfluidics has experienced massive growth in the past two decades, and especially with
advances in rapid prototyping researchers have explored a multitude of channel structures …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are extensively dispersed lipid bilayer membrane vesicles
involved in the delivery and transportation of molecular payloads to certain cell types to …

Manipulation and separation of submicron and nanoparticles are indispensable in many
chemical, biological, medical, and environmental applications. Conventional technologies …

Microfluidic devices have been widely used since 1990s for diverse manipulations of
particles (a general term of beads, cells, vesicles, drops, etc.) in a variety of applications …

Microfluidic flow is commonly employed in the biological, chemical, or physical analysis of
samples in small fluid volumes because of the typical lack of nonlinear phenomena, with …

The fast growth of microfluidic applications based on complex fluids is a result of the unique
fluid dynamics of these systems, enabling the creation of devices for health care or …