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Droplet microfluidic SANS [PDF]
Soft Matter, 2018 The coupling of droplet microfluidics and Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) is demonstrated with a range of model systems: isotopic solvent (H2O/D2O) mixtures, surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) solutions and colloidal (silica) suspensions.
Marco Adamo +5 more
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Alginate Bead Biosystem for the Determination of Lactate in Sweat Using Image Analysis
Biosensors, 2021 Lactate is present in sweat at high concentrations, being a metabolite of high interest in sport science and medicine. Therefore, the potential to determine lactate concentrations in physiological fluids, at the point of need with minimal invasiveness ...
Sandra Garcia-Rey +4 more
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Current and Future Cornea Chip Models for Advancing Ophthalmic Research and Therapeutics
Advanced Biology, EarlyView.This review analyzes cornea chip technology as an innovative solution to corneal blindness and tissue scarcity. The examination encompasses recent developments in biomaterial design and fabrication methods replicating corneal architecture, highlighting applications in drug screening and disease modeling while addressing key challenges in mimicking ...
Minju Kim +3 more
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Evolution in Microfluidic Droplet
Chemistry & Biology, 2012 High-throughput screening (HTS) of enzymatic activity is important for directed evolution-based enzyme engineering. However, substrate and product diffusion can severely compromise these HTS assays. In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Kintses and coworkers describe a microfluidic platform for the directed evolution of enzymes in droplets that allows ...
Levin I, Aharoni A.
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Moving microfluidics ahead: Extending capabilities, accessibility, and applications [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Paul Blainey is professor of Biological Engineering at MIT. In this contribution he describes three microfluidic technologies that he and his team has developed to extend the capability, accessibility, and applications of microfluidics: (1) Integrated microfluidic sample preparation for genomic assays, (2) hydrogel-based microfluidics for single-cell ...
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3D Nanofabrication inside rapid prototyped microfluidic channels showcased by wet-spinning of single micrometre fibres [PDF]
, 2018 Microfluidics is an established multidisciplinary research domain with widespread applications in the fields of medicine, biotechnology and engineering. Conventional production methods of microfluidic chips have been limited to planar structures, preventing the exploitation of truly three-dimensional architectures for applications such as multi-phase ...
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Synergies between Hyperpolarized NMR and Microfluidics: A Review [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Hyperpolarized nuclear magnetic resonance and lab-on-a-chip microfluidics are two dynamic, but until recently quite distinct, fields of research. Recent developments in both areas increased their synergistic overlap. By microfluidic integration, many complex experimental steps can be brought together onto a single platform.
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A microfluidics-based in vitro model of the gastrointestinal human–microbe interface
Nature Communications, 2016 Changes in the human gastrointestinal microbiome are associated with several diseases. To infer causality, experiments in representative models are essential, but widely used animal models exhibit limitations.
Pranjul Shah +11 more
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Advanced Biology, EarlyView.Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a dual role in diagnostics and therapeutics, offering innovative solutions for treating cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and orthopedic diseases. This review highlights EVs’ potential to revolutionize personalized medicine through specific applications in disease detection and treatment.
Farbod Ebrahimi +4 more
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Mechanical characterization of bulk Sylgard 184 for microfluidics and microengineering
, 2014 Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers are extensively used for soft lithographic replication of microstructures in microfluidic and micro-engineering applications.
I. D. Johnston +3 more
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