Search Results - "Biomicrofluidics"

The microfluidics of the eccrine sweat gland, including biomarker partitioning, transport, and biosensing implications by Sonner, Z, Wilder, E, Heikenfeld, J, Kasting, G, Beyette, F, Swaile, D, Sherman, F, Joyce, J, Hagen, J, Kelley-Loughnane, N, Naik, R

“…Non-invasive and accurate access of biomarkers remains a holy grail of the biomedical community. Human eccrine sweat is a surprisingly biomarker-rich fluid…”
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A 3D-printed microfluidic-enabled hollow microneedle architecture for transdermal drug delivery by Yeung, Christopher, Chen, Shawnus, King, Brian, Lin, Haisong, King, Kimber, Akhtar, Farooq, Diaz, Gustavo, Wang, Bo, Zhu, Jixiang, Sun, Wujin, Khademhosseini, Ali, Emaminejad, Sam

“…Embedding microfluidic architectures with microneedles enables fluid management capabilities that present new degrees of freedom for transdermal drug delivery…”
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Physical characterization of nanoparticle size and surface modification using particle scattering diffusometry by Clayton, Katherine N., Salameh, Janelle W., Wereley, Steven T., Kinzer-Ursem, Tamara L.

“…As the field of colloidal science continues to expand, tools for rapid and accurate physiochemical characterization of colloidal particles will become…”
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Recreating blood-brain barrier physiology and structure on chip: A novel neurovascular microfluidic bioreactor by Brown, Jacquelyn A, Pensabene, Virginia, Markov, Dmitry A, Allwardt, Vanessa, Neely, M Diana, Shi, Mingjian, Britt, Clayton M, Hoilett, Orlando S, Yang, Qing, Brewer, Bryson M, Samson, Philip C, McCawley, Lisa J, May, James M, Webb, Donna J, Li, Deyu, Bowman, Aaron B, Reiserer, Ronald S, Wikswo, John P

“…The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a critical structure that serves as the gatekeeper between the central nervous system and the rest of the body. It is the…”
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A perspective on paper-based microfluidics: Current status and future trends by Li, Xu, Ballerini, David R., Shen, Wei

“…“Paper-based microfluidics” or “lab on paper,” as a burgeoning research field with its beginning in 2007, provides a novel system for fluid handling and fluid…”
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Biomechanical properties of red blood cells in health and disease towards microfluidics by Tomaiuolo, Giovanna

“…Red blood cells (RBCs) possess a unique capacity for undergoing cellular deformation to navigate across various human microcirculation vessels, enabling them…”
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3D printed microfluidic devices with integrated valves by Rogers, Chad I, Qaderi, Kamran, Woolley, Adam T, Nordin, Gregory P

“…We report the successful fabrication and testing of 3D printed microfluidic devices with integrated membrane-based valves. Fabrication is performed with a…”
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Hydrodynamic mechanisms of cell and particle trapping in microfluidics by Karimi, A., Yazdi, S., Ardekani, A. M.

“…Focusing and sorting cells and particles utilizing microfluidic phenomena have been flourishing areas of development in recent years. These processes are…”
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Review Article—Dielectrophoresis: Status of the theory, technology, and applications by Pethig, Ronald

“…A review is presented of the present status of the theory, the developed technology and the current applications of dielectrophoresis (DEP). Over the past 10…”
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Bioprinted 3D vascularized tissue model for drug toxicity analysis by Massa, Solange, Sakr, Mahmoud Ahmed, Seo, Jungmok, Bandaru, Praveen, Arneri, Andrea, Bersini, Simone, Zare-Eelanjegh, Elaheh, Jalilian, Elmira, Cha, Byung-Hyun, Antona, Silvia, Enrico, Alessandro, Gao, Yuan, Hassan, Shabir, Acevedo, Juan Pablo, Dokmeci, Mehmet R., Zhang, Yu Shrike, Khademhosseini, Ali, Shin, Su Ryon

“…To develop biomimetic three-dimensional (3D) tissue constructs for drug screening and biological studies, engineered blood vessels should be integrated into…”
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Recent advances and current challenges in magnetophoresis based micro magnetofluidics by Munaz, Ahmed, Shiddiky, Muhammad J. A., Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…The combination of magnetism and microscale fluid flow has opened up a new era for handling and manipulation of samples in microfluidics. In particular,…”
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Protein immobilization techniques for microfluidic assays by Kim, Dohyun, Herr, Amy E.

“…Microfluidic systems have shown unequivocal performance improvements over conventional bench-top assays across a range of performance metrics. For example,…”
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Organ-on-a-chip engineering: Toward bridging the gap between lab and industry by Ramadan, Qasem, Zourob, Mohammed

“…Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) is a very ambitious emerging technology with a high potential to revolutionize many medical and industrial sectors, particularly in…”
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Brain-on-a-chip: A history of development and future perspective by Bang, Seokyoung, Jeong, Sohyeon, Choi, Nakwon, Kim, Hong Nam

“…Since the advent of organ-on-a-chip, many researchers have tried to mimic the physiology of human tissue on an engineered platform. In the case of brain…”
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ApoStream™, a new dielectrophoretic device for antibody independent isolation and recovery of viable cancer cells from blood by Gupta, Vishal, Jafferji, Insiya, Garza, Miguel, Melnikova, Vladislava O., Hasegawa, David K., Pethig, Ronald, Davis, Darren W.

“…Isolation and enumeration of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are used to monitor metastatic disease progression and guide cancer therapy. However, currently…”
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Perspectives in translating microfluidic devices from laboratory prototyping into scale-up production by Cong, Hengji, Zhang, Nan

“…Transforming lab research into a sustainable business is becoming a trend in the microfluidic field. However, there are various challenges during the…”
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A microfluidic optical platform for real-time monitoring of pH and oxygen in microfluidic bioreactors and organ-on-chip devices by Mousavi Shaegh, Seyed Ali, De Ferrari, Fabio, Zhang, Yu Shrike, Nabavinia, Mahboubeh, Binth Mohammad, Niema, Ryan, John, Pourmand, Adel, Laukaitis, Eleanor, Banan Sadeghian, Ramin, Nadhman, Akhtar, Shin, Su Ryon, Nezhad, Amir Sanati, Khademhosseini, Ali, Dokmeci, Mehmet Remzi

“…There is a growing interest to develop microfluidic bioreactors and organ-on-chip platforms with integrated sensors to monitor their physicochemical properties…”
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Passive micropumping in microfluidics for point-of-care testing by Xu, Linfeng, Wang, Anyang, Li, Xiangpeng, Oh, Kwang W.

“…Suitable micropumping methods for flow control represent a major technical hurdle in the development of microfluidic systems for point-of-care testing (POCT)…”
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A practical guide for the fabrication of microfluidic devices using glass and silicon by Iliescu, Ciprian, Taylor, Hayden, Avram, Marioara, Miao, Jianmin, Franssila, Sami

“…This paper describes the main protocols that are used for fabricating microfluidic devices from glass and silicon. Methods for micropatterning glass and…”
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Inertial microfluidics in contraction–expansion microchannels: A review by Jiang, Di, Ni, Chen, Tang, Wenlai, Huang, Di, Xiang, Nan

“…Inertial microfluidics has brought enormous changes in the conventional cell/particle detection process and now become the main trend of sample pretreatment…”
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