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Microfluidics assisted platforms for biotechnological applications

open access: yes, 2011
The aim of this PhD work is to exploit microfluidics features to improve the performances of some lab-on-a-chip designed for biotechnological applications: microfabrication techniques developed in the frame of telecommunication systems have by far found ...
Orabona, Emanuele
core  

Microfluidics-based fundamental characterization of external concentration polarization in forward osmosis

open access: yes, 2019
External concentration polarization (ECP) refers to the local variation of solution concentration near a membrane surface in forward osmosis (FO).
Jiao, Yanmei   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A micro-needle induced strategy for preparation of monodisperse liquid metal droplets in glass capillary microfluidics

open access: yes, 2019
Monodisperse micro-sized liquid metal droplets have received considerable attention for developing flexible electronics, microfluidics actuators and reconfigurable devices. Herein we report an innovative and efficient strategy for large-scale preparation
Jiang TY   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

3D Printing Innovations in Polymeric Porous and Patterned Architecture

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Polymeric foams occupy a unique structural space between dense solids and open networks, where engineered void fraction governs mechanical compliance, thermal resistance, and mass transport. Additive manufacturing now enables precise spatial control over cellular architecture, unlocking designer foam structures across applications spanning crash ...
Dhanush Patil   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inertial Microfluidics: Mechanisms and Applications

open access: yes, 2016
In microfluidics, the typical sample volume is in the order of nL, which is incompatible with the common biosample volume in biochemistry and clinical diagnostics (usually ranging from 1 μL to approximately 1 mL).
Jun Zhang   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A Review of Secondary Flow in Inertial Microfluidics

open access: yes, 2020
Inertial microfluidic technology, which can manipulate the target particle entirely relying on the microchannel characteristic geometry and intrinsic hydrodynamic effect, has attracted great attention due to its fascinating advantages of high throughput,
Jun Zhang   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Microfabricated Anisotropic Myobundles for the Scalable Production of Cardiac Tissue Grafts

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Controlling the anisotropy of cardiac tissue remains an outstanding challenge in the field of cardiac tissue engineering. Here, we introduce an approach to generate anisotropic cardiac myobundles using cell‐adhesive, synthetic, electrospun fibers and stem cell‐derived cardiac fibroblasts.
Maggie E. Jewett   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tomographic particle image velocimetry of a water-jet for low volume harvesting of fat tissue for regenerative medicine

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2015
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements of a water-jet for water-assisted liposuction (WAL) are carried out to investigate the distribution of velocity and therefore momentum and acting force on the human sub-cutaneous fat tissue.
Drobek Christoph   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Paper-Based Microfluidic Device for Improved Detection of Nitrate in Water

open access: yesSensors, 2020
In this paper, we report a simple and inexpensive paper-based microfluidic device for detecting nitrate in water. This device incorporates two recent developments in paper-based technology suitable for nitrate detection and has an optimized microfluidic ...
Amer Charbaji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real Time Dual-Channel Multiplex SERS Ultradetection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) can be combined with microfluidics for rapid multiplex analyte screening. Through combination of the high intensity and complex signals provided by SERS with the flow characteristics of microfluidic channels, we ...
Abalde-Cela, S.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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