Thermo-responsive fluorinated surfactant for on-demand demulsification of microfluidic droplets
Chuanfeng An, Yujie Zhang, Hanting Li, Haoyue Zhang, Yonghao Zhang, Jiamian Wang, Yang Zhang, Fang Cheng, Kai Sun, Huanan Wang
Abstract
temperature control. The diblock surfactant can be applied for templating cell encapsulation using alginate microgels, which allowed one-step and high-throughput microfluidic generation of cell-laden microgels without compromising cell viability. This non-invasive, on-demand demulsification strategy provides a high degree of freedom for microencapsulation and on-demand recovery of the samples or reaction products within the droplets, which opens a new avenue for a wide range of applications of droplet-templating microfluidics.
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MicrofluidicsPulmonary surfactantOn demandNanotechnologyMaterials scienceChemistryChemical engineeringEngineeringBusinessCommerceInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationFluid Dynamics and MixingElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics