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Technology Research News
December 17, 2003 |
Chip uses oil to move droplets Researchers from North Carolina State University have devised a way to manipulate tiny droplets and particles on a chip. Key to the system is suspending what needs to be moved in a heavier liquid.   |
Chemistry World
January 7, 2011
Jennifer Newton |
Microfluidic pinball A device to deposit polymer layers on oil droplets has been made by researchers from Singapore, who say that their design is faster and more efficient than conventional deposition techniques and uses microfluidics. |
Chemistry World
September 3, 2008
Hayley Birch |
Double emulsions could carry combination therapies US scientists have made nanoscale water-in-oil-in-water emulsions that could have important applications in drug delivery. |
Chemistry World
October 20, 2011
Tegan Thomas |
Bubble Trouble Eliminated in Cancer Treatment US scientists have developed a microfluidic device to manufacture droplets of a specific size at high speed for a cancer treatment called embolisation. |
Chemistry World
November 19, 2007
Jonathan Edwards |
Sorting Droplets Digitally Scientists in Hong Kong have developed a lab-on-a-chip device that can separate and identify picolitre droplets quickly, cheaply and accurately. |
Chemistry World
October 25, 2013
James Urquhart |
Water droplets warped into weird shapes US scientists have discovered that self-assembling nanoparticles can lock water droplets into different shapes. The team suggests the work could be useful for several applications including microfluidic devices, sensors and drug delivery. |
Chemistry World
May 3, 2012
Tegan Thomas |
Rapid synthesis of graphene capsules A rapid route to synthesize graphene capsules has been developed by researchers in the US and Korea. The capsules can be nano-engineered on demand and show promise in oil absorption. |
Chemistry World
April 27, 2011
Harriet Brewerton |
Multiple emulsion droplet design Liang-Yin Chu at Sichuan University and colleagues have designed a microfluidic device capable of producing multi-compartment multiple emulsions. |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Cell factories package drugs for delivery Scientists in Australia and Germany have used living cells as 'factories' to encapsulate particles such as drugs in biological membranes. |
Chemistry World
September 16, 2013
Megan Tyler |
Reprogrammable microfluidic chips The time-consuming and costly manufacturing processes required to construct microfluidic devices, makes the idea of a reprogrammable chip very attractive. |
Chemistry World
November 10, 2011
Francesca Burgoyne |
Micro fuel cells for microchips Researchers from Spain and Germany have designed the first microfluidic device with an integrated micro fuel cell that is capable of both powering the device and pumping the analyte around the device. |
Chemistry World
March 30, 2009
Ned Stafford |
Moving forward: self-propelling oil droplets In the latest step toward creation of artificial living cells in a laboratory, a team of Japanese researchers has developed a new variety of oil droplets that propel themselves through an aqueous solution. |
Chemistry World
January 7, 2014
Cally Haynes |
Device runs on finger power Researchers in the US have demonstrated that mechanical energy from a human hand can power a microfluidic device. |
Chemistry World
September 26, 2013
Angharad Rosser-James |
Kelvin's water dropper miniaturized on a chip European scientists have modified an old experiment and converted pneumatic pressure into electrical power, which could one day help power microfluidic devices. |
Chemistry World
October 28, 2011
Yuandi Li |
Exploding Cucumbers Inspire Drug Delivery Capsules that release their oily contents in the presence of potassium ions represent a new strategy for targeted drug delivery. |
Chemistry World
April 4, 2013
Laura Howes |
Droplet printing assembles soft networks Producing soft networks of droplets is now much less laborious and time consuming. |
Chemistry World
April 13, 2012
Lucy Gilbert |
Plant spores mop up oil UK researchers have modified plant spore microcapsules to take up to three and a half times their own weight in oil by a simple mixing process, giving them potential as natural oil-spill clean-up materials. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2014
Megan Tyler |
Femtofluidic droplet manipulation now possible We've had microfluidics. We've even had nanofluidics. But now, scientists have gone a step smaller by pushing femtofluidics into the realms of possibility. |
Prepared Foods
October 1, 2005
Paula Frank |
Emulsifier Stability: Improving the Odds Can multi-layered interfacial emulsions survive harsh processing conditions and complex food matrices? Also, emulsifiers and the Codex Alimentarius. |
Chemistry World
October 7, 2015
Christopher Barnard |
Microfluidic device lets the drop beat Scientists in Switzerland have incorporated pulsing human heart tissue into a microfluidic device to make a model of a living system that could be used to test new drugs. |
Chemistry World
September 26, 2006
Fiona Case |
Synchronised Delivery for DNA and Drugs Polymer capsules that can simultaneously deliver drug molecules and DNA into a cell could boost the power of cancer treatments. |
Chemistry World
February 22, 2013
Anthony King |
LED triggers microfluidic mixing French scientists have developed a way to mix fluids in microfluidic devices using light from an external LED as a trigger. The strategy is simple but offers good control over mixing without complex components. |
Technology Research News
October 22, 2003 |
Chip mixes droplets faster A team of researchers from Duke University has improved a method to mix droplets smaller than a nanoliter, or millionth of a liter. The method makes it possible to mix a pair of merged nanoscale-size droplets in less than two seconds rather than the 90 seconds ordinarily needed. |
Technology Research News
February 25, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Biochip makes droplet test tubes Researchers who are developing biochips are taking two distinct approaches in devising ways to shunt tiny amounts of liquids around. One focuses on finding ways to form microscopic channels and tiny mechanical pumps. The other is aimed at using electricity to maneuver tiny droplets on surfaces. |
Technology Research News
April 9, 2003 |
Biochip moves liquids with heat Researchers from Princeton University have made a microscopic device that uses heat to move, mix and split droplets of liquid. The device could be used in small, battery-operated chemical sensors and hand-held medical testers. |
Technology Research News
January 14, 2004
Eric Smalley |
Nanoparticle dyes boost storage The idea of storing data in fluorescent dyes has been around for a while, and researchers have been trying to boost storage capacity by recording multiple bits of information in a single spot using several types of dye. A new solution to this problem uses layered nanoparticles. |
