The Assembly of Miniaturized Droplets toward Functional Architectures.

Autor: Xu Y; Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK., Shen Y; Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.; School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.; The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) [Small] 2024 Nov; Vol. 20 (46), pp. e2404366. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 09.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202404366
Abstrakt: Recent explorations of bioengineering have generated new concepts and strategies for the processing of soft and functional materials. Droplet assembly techniques can address problems in the construction of extremely soft architectures by expanding the manufacturing capabilities using droplets containing liquid or hydrogels including weak hydrogels. This Perspective sets out to provide a brief overview of this growing field, and discusses the challenges and opportunities ahead. The study highlights the recent key advances of materials and architectures from hitherto effective droplet-assembly technologies, as well as the applications in biomedical and bioengineering fields from artificial tissues to bioreactors. It is envisaged that these assembled architectures, as nature-inspired models, will stimulate the discovery of biomaterials and miniaturized platforms for interdisciplinary research in health, biotechnology, and sustainability.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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