Journal
CURRENT PROTEOMICS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 92-97Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/157016461102140917121739
Keywords
Alginate; chitosan; droplet; liposome; microfluidic; poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA); polymer; review
Funding
- I-Shou University
- National Science Council of Taiwan
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Microfluidics is a multidisciplinary science integrating engineering, physics, chemistry, and biotechnology. An emerging application area for microfluidic chips is droplet generation and manipulation (e.g., droplet motion, merging, splitting, sorting, trapping, and breakup). Based on controlled diffusion, rapid mixing, and high throughput, droplet-based microfluidic technology is a novel research topic in numerous fields, including chemical synthesis, extraction, drug screening or encapsulation, and polymerase chain reaction. We summarize currently developed droplet-based microfluidic technologies used for preparing polymers, such as chitosan, alginate, poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid, and liposomes.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available