Flash technology-based self-assembly in nanoformulation: Fabrication to biomedical applications

Advances in nanoformulation have driven progress in biomedicine by producing nanoscale tools for biosensing, imaging, and drug delivery. Flash-based technology, the combination of rapid mixing technique with the self-assembly of macromolecules, is a new engine for the translational nanomedicine. Here, we review the state-of-the-art in flash-based self-assembly including theoretical and experimental principles, mixing device design, and applications. We highlight the fields of flash nanocomplexation (FNC) and flash nanoprecipitation (FNP), with an emphasis on biomedical applications of FNC, and discuss challenges and future directions for flash-based nanoformulation in biomedicine.

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Advances in nanoformulation using flash-based technology have led to the development of nanoscale tools for biosensing, imaging, and drug delivery in biomedicine. This review discusses the theoretical and experimental principles, mixing device design, and applications of flash-based self-assembly in biomedicine, focusing particularly on flash nanocomplexation (FNC) and flash nanoprecipitation (FNP). Challenges and future directions for flash-based nanoformulation in biomedicine are also highlighted.