Microswimmers chemotaxis behavior in a stop flow gradient 13 April 2022 By adminLVF Microswimmers chemotaxis behavior in a stop flow gradient generation platform This short review about microswimmers chemotaxis is based on the article published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition written by Zuyao Xiao, Audrey Nsamela, Benjamin Garlan and Juliane Simmchen. One of the authors, Audrey Nsamela, is a PhD candidate in the Active Matter project which has … Continued
Measuring solutions using hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy 3 February 2022 By adminLVF Measuring solutions using hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy Pushparani Micheal Raj This short review shows the fabrication and characterisation of silicon-glass based microfluidic devices to be used in synchrotron facilities to measure toxic solutions using hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy, but also for acidic samples in (aq) solutions. This short review article was based on the paper … Continued
Biocompatible Micron-Scale Silk Fibers Fabricated by Microfluidic Wet Spinning 18 January 2022 By adminLVF BIOCOMPATIBLE MICRON-SCALE SILK FIBERS FABRICATED BY MICROFLUIDIC WET SPINNING Arne Luken This short review article is based on the research paper titled “Biocompatible Micron-Scale Silk Fibers Fabricated by Microfluidic Wet Spinning”, authored by Arne Lüken, Matthias Geiger, Lea Steinbeck, Anna-Christin Joel, Angelika Lampert, John Linkhorst, Matthias Wessling. The research paper was published in The Journal … Continued
On-chip particle manipulation 9 June 2021 By adminLVF Fabrication and testing of a 3D microfluidic micromixer: On-chip particle manipulation This short review is based on the research paper “Innovative 3D Microfluidic Tools for On-Chip Fluids and Particles Manipulation: From Design to Experimental Validation”. It was authored by Sofia Zoupanou, Maria Serena Chiriacò, Iolena Tarantini and Francesco Ferrara. The study was published in the … Continued
Performance of Polymeric Skin Adhesives during Perspiration 28 May 2021 By adminLVF Performance of Polymeric Skin Adhesives during Perspiration Group picture This short review article is based on the research paper titled "Performance of polymeric skin adhesives during perspiration", authored by Daniel Hansen, Saeed Zajforoushan Moghaddam, Johannes Eiler, Kristoffer Hansen and Esben Thormann. The research paper was published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials journal in March, 2020. … Continued
Emulsion stability 9 September 2020 By adminLVF Pea-protein emulsion stability - a microfluidic analysis The experiment showcased in this short review is originally based on the research article “Microfluidic investigation of the coalescence susceptibility of pea protein-stabilised emulsions : Effect of protein oxidation level” written by Emma B.A. Hinderink, Wael Kaade, Leonard Sagis, Karin Schroen, and Claire C. Berton-Carabin. The article was … Continued
Nucleation and crystal growth 12 August 2020 By adminLVF A microfluidic study of nucleation and crystal growth This is a short review article based on a research paper titled “Microfluidic control of nucleation and growth of CaCO3” authored by Lei Li , Jesus Rodriuez Sanchez, Felix Kohler, Anja Royne, and Dag Kristian Dysthe from the Physics Department of Oslo University. The experiment demonstrates a … Continued
Microfluidic Fabrication of NanoHydrogels for drug-delivery 30 March 2020 By adminLVF Microfluidics fabrication of nanohydrogels for drug-delivery - A short review The authors describe the use of microfluidics for the formation of nanohydrogels made for drug-delivery application. This study is described in the article: “Hyaluronic acid based nanohydrogels fabricated by microfluidics for the potential targeted release of Imatinib: Characterization and preliminary evaluation of the antiangiogenic effect” … Continued
Microgel generation and Encapsulation in Microdroplets 13 January 2020 By adminLVF Microgel generation and encapsulation in microdroplets - A short Review In an article published by Chiara Martino, Daniele Vigolo, Xavier Casadevall i Solvas, Stavros Stavrakis, Andrew J. DeMello in Journal of Advanced Materials Technologies. The authors employed droplet-based microfluidics and microscope projection photolithography to produce PEGDA microgels and consecutive in-situ pico-droplet encapsulation. ABSTRACT PEGDA (poly … Continued
Microfluidics investigation of foam hysteresis 7 January 2020 By adminLVF Microfluidics approach to investigate foam hysteretic behaviour - A short review In an article published by Leslie Labarre and Daniele Vigolo in the journal Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, the authors show that microfluidics can be used to evaluate qualitatively foam hysteresis. The demonstrated system employs a fine and smooth control of the two-phase flows to accurately tune … Continued