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Microfluidic impedance cytometry with flat-end cylindrical electrodes for accurate and fast analysis of marine microalgae

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2058-2068
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00942D, Paper
Xiaoming Chen, Mo Shen, Shun Liu, Chungang Wu, Liangliang Sun, Zhipeng Song, Jishun Shi, Yulong Yuan, Yong Zhao
We develop a novel microfluidic impedance cytometer for analysis of marine microalgae by inserting ground flat-end cylindrical electrodes into microchannels.
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A system for fluid pumping by liquid metal multi-droplets

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,1977-1986
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01017A, Paper
Liyu Dai, Xiaomin Wu, Huimin Hou, Zhifeng Hu, Yukai Lin, Zhiping Yuan
Cuboid pump systems driven by liquid metal multi-droplets using pillars to restrain the motion of droplets are designed, which achieve a significant increase in the flow rate of the pump.
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Recent developments and future perspectives of microfluidics and smart technologies in wearable devices

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,1833-1866
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00089G, Critical Review
Sasikala Apoorva, Nam-Trung Nguyen, Kamalalayam Rajan Sreejith
Wearable devices are increasingly popular in health monitoring, diagnosis, and drug delivery. Advances allow real-time analysis of biofluids like sweat, tears, saliva, wound fluid, and urine.
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Droplet microfluidic system for high throughput and passive selection of bacteria producing biosurfactants

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,1947-1956
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00656E, Paper
Open Access
Klaudia Staskiewicz, Maria Dabrowska-Zawada, Lukasz Kozon, Zofia Olszewska, Lukasz Drewniak, Tomasz S. Kaminski
Novel microfluidic technique for functional selection of biosurfactant-producing microorganisms. Single bacterial cells are encapsulated into picoliter droplets for clonal cultivation and passively sorted at high throughput by interfacial tension.
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Next generation microfluidics: fulfilling the promise of lab-on-a-chip technologies

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,1867-1874
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00796K, Perspective
Open Access
Umut A. Gurkan, David K. Wood, Dorn Carranza, Luke H. Herbertson, Scott L. Diamond, E. Du, Suvajyoti Guha, Jorge Di Paola, Patrick C. Hines, Ian Papautsky, Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Nathan J. Sniadecki, Vamsee K. Pamula, Prithu Sundd, Asif Rizwan, Pankaj Qasba, Wilbur A. Lam
In this perspective article, we present the state of the microfluidic field regarding current limitations and propose future directions and new approaches for the field to advance lab-on-a-chip technologies closer to translation and clinical use.
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Tuneable hydrogel patterns in pillarless microfluidic devices

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2094-2106
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01082A, Paper
Open Access
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Claudia Olaizola-Rodrigo, Sujey Palma-Florez, Teodora Ranđelović, Clara Bayona, Mehran Ashrafi, Josep Samitier, Anna Lagunas, Mònica Mir, Manuel Doblaré, Ignacio Ochoa, Rosa Monge, Sara Oliván
A novel methodology utilizing plasma surface treatment enables the construction of cell culture chambers featuring abutment-free patterns, facilitating the precise distribution of shear stress.
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Direct laser writing-enabled 3D printing strategies for microfluidic applications

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00743J, Tutorial Review
Open Access
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Olivia M. Young, Xin Xu, Sunandita Sarker, Ryan D. Sochol
This Tutorial Review highlights strategies for leveraging the micron-to-submicron-scale additive manufacturing technique, “direct laser writing”, to enable 3D microfluidic technologies.
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Spatially controlled diffusion range of tumor-associated angiogenic factors to develop a tumor model using a microfluidic resistive circuit

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00891F, Paper
Yu-Hsiang Hsu, Wen-Chih Yang, Yi-Ting Chen, Che-Yu Lin, Chiou-Fong Yang, Wei-Wen Liu, Subhashree Shivani, Pai-Chi Li
The DC-MPS device uses a velocity V-clamp to create a partition with a steep concentration gradient for simultaneously developing vasculogenic vessels and a tumor. It enables vessel–tumor interaction to develop a tumor model with angiogenic vessels.
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Development of a self-contained microfluidic chip and an internet-of-things-based point-of-care device for automated identification of respiratory viruses

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00933E, Paper
Open Access
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Huynh Quoc Nguyen, Van Dan Nguyen, Vu Minh Phan, Tae Seok Seo
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the in vitro diagnostic market, leading to the development of new technologies such as point-of-care testing (POCT), multiplex testing, and digital health platforms.
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Microfluidic Particle Counter Visualizing Mucosal Antibody Levels against SARS-CoV-2 in the Upper Respiratory Tract for Rapid Evaluation of Immune Protection

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00118D, Paper
Open Access
Jiaheng Li, Lok Ting CHU, Hogi Hartanto, Guihuan Guo, Lu LIU, Jianpeng WU, Minghui Wu, Chenyu Cui, Gaobo Wang, Wengang LIU, Hoi Kwan Kwong, Siying WU, Ting-Hsuan Chen
Mucosal antibodies at the upper respiratory tract are the earliest and most critical responders to prevent respiratory infections, providing an indication to rapidly evaluate immune protection. Here, we report a...
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Piezoelectric and microfluidic tuning of an infrared cavity for vibrational polariton studies

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01101A, Paper
Wei Wang, Jaime de la Fuente Diez, Nicolas Delsuc, Juan Peng, Riccardo Spezia, Rodolphe Vuilleumier, Yong Chen
A new method uses piezoelectric and microfluidic tuning to study vibrational polaritons in liquids under flow. This enables modifying cavity length adjustments and flexibility in experimental setups.
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Operando scanning electron microscopy platform for in situ imaging of fluid evolution in nanoporous shale

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01066J, Paper
Open Access
Artur Davletshin, Wen Song
Fluid-solid interactions in nanoporous materials underlie processes fundamental to nature and the engineered environment, including the thermochemical transformation of argillaceous materials during high-level nuclear waste disposal. Operando fluid-solid resolution at...
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An economical in-class sticker microfluidic activity develops student expertise in microscale physics and device manufacturing

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2176-2192
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00912B, Paper
Open Access
Priscilla Delgado, C. Alessandra Luna, Anjana Dissanayaka, Oluwamayokun Oshinowo, Jesse J. Waggoner, Sara Schley, Todd Fernandez, David R. Myers
This activity enables students to construct geometrically complex microfluidics at their desk with no specialized equipment. It can be easily transported, and helped students significantly improve their understanding of miniaturization science.
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Thermal segment microwell plate control for automated liquid handling setups

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2224-2236
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00714F, Paper
Open Access
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Simon Seidel, Katja F. Winkler, Anke Kurreck, Mariano Nicolas Cruz-Bournazou, Katharina Paulick, Sebastian Groß, Peter Neubauer
This publication introduces a thermal segment microwell plate control device, integrating smart sensor technology and standardized well-plate geometry for automated biolab setups. It is tested in a high-throughput enzymatic activity assay.
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Polar coordinate active-matrix digital microfluidics for high-resolution concentration gradient generation

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2193-2201
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00979C, Paper
Bingbing Zhang, Jinxin Fu, Maohua Du, Kai Jin, Qi Huang, Jiahao Li, Dongping Wang, Siyi Hu, Jinhua Li, Hanbin Ma
Advancing active-matrix digital microfluidics through polar coordinates for precise concentration gradients. Demonstrated with chip photography, concentration gradient solution demo, and efficiency comparison.
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Synthesis and photocatalytic property of Au–TiO2 nanocomposites with controlled morphologies in microfluidic chips

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2253-2261
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01053H, Paper
Ziran Ye, Ping Lu, Yiben Chen, Zhixian Xu, Haixia Huang, Mingjia Zhi, Zi Ang Chen, Bo Yan
We present an efficient approach for the consecutive synthesis of Au–TiO2 nanocomposites with controlled morphologies in a microfluidic chip.
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High-throughput 3D microfluidic chip for generation of concentration gradients and mixture combinations

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2280-2286
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00822C, Paper
Mingwei Zhao, Jing Yang, Zhenqing Li, Yuan Zeng, Chunxian Tao, Bo Dai, Dawei Zhang, Yoshinori Yamaguchi
Concentration gradient generation and mixed combinations of multiple solutions are of great value in the field of biomedical research.
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Effect of in-plane and out-of-plane bifurcated microfluidic channels on the flow of aggregating red blood cells

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2317-2326
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00151F, Paper
Open Access
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Amirreza Gholivand, Olivera Korculanin, Knut Dahlhoff, Mehrnaz Babaki, Timo Dickscheid, Minne Paul Lettinga
Taking microfluidics to the third dimension causes scrambling of memory effects in blood flow due to out-of-plane vessel structures.
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A microfluidic model to study the effects of arrhythmic flows on endothelial cells

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2347-2357
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00834G, Paper
Austin Lai, Adam Hawke, Mokhaled Mohammed, Peter Thurgood, Gianmarco Concilia, Karlheinz Peter, Khashayar Khoshmanesh, Sara Baratchi
We created a versatile microfluidic system for studying the effect of arrhythmic flow patterns on endothelial cells in vitro. This system provides unique opportunities to identify the molecular machineries that control endothelial biology in response to arrhythmia.
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A surface-engineered contact lens for tear fluid biomolecule sensing

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2327-2334
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00176A, Paper
Open Access
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Aravind M, Sajan D. George
Adhesive contrast contact lens fabricated by selective lubricant grafting splits tear film on specified zone by secretion and blinking. Integrating the contact lens with the spectroscopic technique offers an efficient platform for biomolecule sensing.
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A novel ratiometric design of microfluidic paper-based analytical device for the simultaneous detection of Cu2+ and Fe3+ in drinking water using a fluorescent MOF@tetracycline nanocomposite

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2306-2316
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01045G, Paper
Sabah H. Al-Jaf, Sameera Sh. Mohammed Ameen, Khalid M. Omer
On-site monitoring of ions in drinking water is essential for safeguarding public health, ensuring high water quality, and preserving the ecological balance of aquatic ecosystems.
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Investigation of air bubble behaviour after gas embolism events induced in a microfluidic network mimicking microvasculature

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00087K, Paper
Mohammad Mahdi Mardanpour, Ayyappasamy Sudalaiyadum Perumal, Zahra Mahmoodi, Karine Baassiri, Gala Montiel-Rubies, Kenneth M. LeDez, Dan V. Nicolau
This study conducted in vitro experimentation using microvascular tissue-like structures to examine the dynamics of interfacial forces leading to gas bubble cessation, with the objective of providing a medical guideline for preventing gas embolism.
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Integrated high performance microfluidic organic analysis instrument for planetary and space exploration

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00012A, Paper
Anna L. Butterworth, Matin Golozar, Zachary Estlack, Jeremy McCauley, Richard A. Mathies, Jungkyu Kim
This work presents the design, fabrication, and automation of our space flight-format microfabricated sample processing and capillary electrophoresis analysis instrument.
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A microfluidic-based gut-on-a-chip model containing the gut microbiota of patients with depression reveals physiological characteristics similar to depression

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01052J, Paper
Wenxin Wang, Yiyuan Liu, Zhikai Yao, Dengbo Chen, Yue Tang, Jingwei Cui, Jiangjiang Zhang, Hong Liu, Zikai Hao
A depression-on-gut-chip (DoGC) is prepared and enables extended co-culture of aerobic human intestinal epithelial cells and anaerobic gut microbiota, and allows direct study of interactions between human gut microbiota and depression.
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Study on the hemodynamic effects of different pulsatile working modes of a rotary blood pump using a microfluidic platform that realizes in vitro cell culture effectively

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00159A, Paper
Lixue Liang, Xueying Wang, Dong Chen, Palaniappan Sethu, Guruprasad A. Giridharan, Yanxia Wang, Yu Wang, Kai-Rong Qin
The best pulsation frequency mode of the RBP would be one that changes every 2–3 times of the cardiac cycle. The proposed in vitro microfluidic model could provide an effective platform to select the best working mode of the RBP for heart failure.
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Multiplex nanozymatic biosensing of Salmonella on a finger-actuated microfluidic chip

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00291A, Paper
Nana Jin, Fan Jiang, Fengzhen Yang, Ying Ding, Ming Liao, Yanbin Li, Jianhan Lin
A colorimetric biosensor was elaboratively designed for fast, sensitive and multiplex bacterial detection on a single microfluidic chip using immune magnetic nanobeads for specific bacterial separation, immune gold@platinum palladium nanoparticles...
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A microfluidic microalgae detection system for cellular physiological response based on object detection algorithm

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00941F, Paper
Shizheng Zhou, Tianhui Chen, Edgar S. Fu, Liuyong Shi, Teng Zhou, Hong YAN
The composition of species and the physiological status of microalgal cells serve as significant indicators for monitoring marine environments. Symbiotic with corals, Symbiodiniacea are more sensitive to the environmental response....
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High-resolution low-cost LCD 3D printing for microfluidic and organ-on-a-chip devices

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC01125A, Paper
Open Access
Houda Shafique, Vahid Karamzadeh, Geunyong Kim, Molly L. Shen, Yonatan Morocz, Ahmad Sohrabi Kashani, David Juncker
The fabrication of microfluidic devices has progressed from cleanroom manufacturing to replica molding in polymers, and more recently to direct manufacturing by subtractive (e.g., laser machining) and additive (e.g., 3D...
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Portable platform for leukocyte extraction from blood using sheath-free microfluidic DLD

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00132J, Paper
Oriana G. Chavez-Pineda, Roberto Rodriguez-Moncayo, Alan M. Gonzalez-Suarez, Pablo E. Guevara-Pantoja, Jose L. Maravillas-Montero, Jose L. Garcia-Cordero
A microfluidic platform isolates leukocytes from blood efficiently, offering diagnostic and immunotherapeutic potential. Enhanced by a handheld pressure controller, it enables near-patient testing and integration with downstream assays.
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Automated Dynamic Inlet Microfluidics System: 3D Printer Adaptation for Cost-Effective, Low Volume, On-Demand Multi-Analyte Droplet Generator

Lab Chip, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00075G, Paper
Abdul Basit Zia, Justin Farrell, Ian G. Foulds
The paper demonstrates an adaptation of a 3D printer (Prusa Mini+) with novel modules to develop a droplet generation system that generates combinatorial droplets from a standard 96 well plate....
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Correction: Direct laser writing-enabled 3D printing strategies for microfluidic applications

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC90040E, Correction
Open Access
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Olivia M. Young, Xin Xu, Sunandita Sarker, Ryan D. Sochol
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Versatile hybrid technique for passive straight micromixer manufacturing by combining pulsed laser ablation, stereolithographic 3D printing and computational fluid dynamics

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00009A, Paper
Open Access
Bastián Carnero, Yago Radziunas-Salinas, Bruno K. Rodiño-Janeiro, Sylvana Varela Ballesta, M. Teresa Flores-Arias
The proposed hybrid technique for passive straight micromixer manufacturing by combining pulsed laser ablation and stereolithographic 3D printing.
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Development of a microfluidic device to enrich and detect zearalenone in food using quantum dot-embedded molecularly imprinted polymers

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00193A, Paper
Marti Z. Hua, Shenmiao Li, M. S. Roopesh, Xiaonan Lu
A QD-MIP based microfluidic device to detect mycotoxin in food.
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Drug testing of monodisperse arrays of live microdissected tumors using a valved multiwell microfluidic platform

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00016A, Paper
Ethan J. Lockhart, Lisa F. Horowitz, Adán Rodríguez, Songli Zhu, Tran Nguyen, Mehdi Mehrabi, Taranjit S. Gujral, Albert Folch
A microfluidic platform was developed that hydrodynamically traps microdissected cuboids for selective drug treatments and isolates conditions with thermoplastic valves.
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A Chemist's guide to multi-objective optimization solvers for reaction optimization

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2882-2891
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00175C, Paper
Aravind Senthil Vel, Daniel Cortés-Borda, François-Xavier Felpin
This paper presents a chemist's guide for selecting multi-objective optimization algorithms for reaction optimization.
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Evaluating metal-free quaternized boronate esters as efficient catalysts for the fixation of CO2 with epoxides to form cyclic carbonates under suitable conditions

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2938-2953
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00282B, Paper
Eyyup Yasar, Emine Aytar, Ahmet Kilic
The conversion of CO2 into high value-added chemicals is receiving increasing attention from the scientific community, commercial enterprises, and policymakers due to environmental problems like global warming.
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The graph automorphism group of the dissociation microequilibrium of polyprotic acids

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,2925-2937
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00271G, Paper
Nicolás Salas, Justin López, Carlos A. Arango
Effect of permutations σ12,0 and σ21 on graph G2.
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Kinetics of phase separation and aging dynamics of segregating fluid mixtures in the presence of quenched disorder

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2969-2977
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00204K, Paper
Rounak Bhattacharyya, Bhaskar Sen Gupta
Phase separation of segregating fluid mixtures in the presence of quenched disorder.
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Slip of a liquid crystal droplet rotator in viscous fluids

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3066-3072
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01028G, Paper
Keita Saito, Yasuyuki Kimura
The boundary conditions at the droplet surface depend on the surrounding solution. In glycerol solutions, slip occurs at the droplet surface and is enhanced as glycerol concentration increases.
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Mechanical guidance to self-organization and pattern formation of stem cells

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00172A, Paper
Wei-Hua Zhou, Lin-Ru Qiao, She-Juan Xie, Zhuo Chang, Xu Yin, Guang-Kui Xu
We introduce a mechanical model based on the dynamic balance between cell-ECM-culture environment, and demonstrate that it can capture specific phenomena in stem cell pattern formation experiments guided by geometric constraints.
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Novel turbulence and coarsening arrest in active-scalar fluids

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00163J, Paper
Nadia Bihari Padhan, Kolluru Venkata Kiran, Rahul Pandit
We uncover a new type of turbulence – activity-induced homogeneous and isotropic turbulence – in a model that has been employed to investigate motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) in a system of microswimmers.
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The effect of structural changes on the self-assembly of novel green pyridinium-carboxylate gemini surfactants in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01671D, Paper
Ala’a F. Eftaiha, Abdussalam K. Qaroush, Dina M. Foudeh, Ahmad S. Abo-shunnar, Suhad B. Hammad, Khaleel I. Assaf, Matthew F. Paige
The synthesis and interfacial characterization of a series of gemini surfactants based on pyridine-n-carboxylic acids, including picolinic, nicotinic, and isonicotinic acids, in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films have been reported.
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Lock-Key Microfluidics: Simulating Nematic Colloid Advection along Wavy-Walled Channels

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01536J, Paper
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Karolina Wamsler, Louise C Head, Tyler Nathan Shendruk
Liquid crystalline media mediate interactions between suspended particles and confining geometries, which not only has potential to guide patterning and bottom-up colloidal assembly, but can also control colloidal migration in...
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Achieving controllable and reversible snap-through in pre-strained strips of liquid crystalline elastomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3256-3270
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00037D, Paper
Open Access
James T. Waters, Anna C. Balazs
Deformable, elastic materials that buckle in response to external stimuli can display “snap-through”, which involves a transition between different, stable buckled states.
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DNA liquid crystals with AIE effect toward humidity-indicating biomaterials

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3243-3247
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01531A, Communication
Guoqiang Zhang, Jing Zhao, Qikai Liang, Zhongtao Wu, Lei Zhang, Xiliang Luo
A DNA-containing material displaying a trackable humidity-induced change in fluorescence could accurately indicate in real time the environmental relative humidity at room temperature in 4 minutes.
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Pure elongation flow of an electrorheological fluid: insights on wall slip from electrorheology

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3313-3321
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01448G, Paper
Ishu Chaudhary, Manish Kaushal
We study the pure elongation flow behavior of an electrorheological fluid as a model soft-jammed system, wherein the extent of jamming is controlled by an externally applied electric-field. Additionally, this study offers general insight into how jamming affects slip dynamics.
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Collective behavior of squirmers in thin films

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00075G, Paper
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Bohan Wu-Zhang, Dmitry A. Fedosov, Gerhard Gompper
The collective behavior of microswimmers in confinement depends on their shape, hydrodynamic interactions, and interactions with confining walls. We use simulations of two layers of spheroidal squirmers in a slit to characterize their behavior for various volume fractions and squirmer types.
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Capillary imbibition of confined monodisperse emulsions in microfluidic channels

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00179F, Paper
Masoud Norouzi Darabad, Sagnik Singha, Siva A. Vanapalli, Mark W. Vaughn, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz
Emulsion imbibition into flat capillaries is very complex. We show that formation of a clear-fluid or dense-emulsion region behind the meniscus, concentration and velocity fluctuations, and generation of ordered domains are confinement controlled.
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Effect of equilibration time on the structural gradient in the vertical direction for bicontinuous microemulsions in Winsor-III and -IV systems

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01741A, Paper
Douglas G. Hayes, Brian A. Barth, Sai Venkatesh Pingali
Both equilibration time and the transfer of Winsor-III microemulsion systems from one container to another affect the structure of the bicontinuous phase in the vertical direction.
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Optimizing methanol synthesis from CO2 using graphene-based heterogeneous photocatalyst under RSM and ANN-driven parametric optimization for achieving better suitability

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12496-12512
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00578C, Paper
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Ramesh Kumar, Jayato Nayak, Somnath Chowdhury, Sashikant Nayak, Shirsendu Banerjee, Bikram Basak, Masoom Raza Siddiqui, Moonis Ali Khan, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Prashant Kumar Singh, WooJin Chung, Byong-Hun Jeon, Sankha Chakrabortty, Suraj K. Tripathy
Assessment of the performance of linear and nonlinear regression-based methods for estimating in situ catalytic CO2 transformations employing TiO2/Cu coupled with hydrogen exfoliation graphene (HEG) has been investigated.
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