Advances in Microfluidic Techniques for Soft Matter Science
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 827
Special Issue Editors
Interests: time-resolved structure determination; microfluidics and microfabrication; x-ray scattering/diffraction; soft matter and protein dynamics; nanotechnology; biomaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microfluidics enables the precise control of fluids on a nanoliter scale by designing, manufacturing, and formulating miniaturized systems. These miniaturized devices take advantage of physical and chemical phenomena on a small scale, such as via micro- and nanochannels, for fundamental scientific investigations as well as specialized industrial applications. During the past few years, the significant growth in microfluidics has led to the introduction of new materials for the fabrication of microfluidic chips/liquid jets, primarily driven by the interest in time-resolved experiments at synchrotron beamlines and in situ laboratory experiments. Such techniques are currently being realized and developed into a powerful experimental methodology suitable for in situ investigations of polymers, nanostructures, nanoparticle alignment, and the kinetics and dynamics of proteins.
In this Special Issue, we are searching for original research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on (i) microfluidic device fabrication techniques, (ii) microfluidic-based nanoparticle synthesis, (iii) the self-assembly of polymers, (iv) hydrogels at liquid interfaces and phase transitions, (v) core–shell and nanocomposite fiber spinning, (vi) nucleation and growth mechanisms of nanomaterials, and (vii) the structure–function relationships and dynamics of bio-macromolecules.
Dr. Ramakrishna Vasireddi
Prof. Dr. Leonard M.G. Chavas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microfluidic devices
- microfabrication
- X-ray-compatible microfluidic devices
- droplet-based microfluidics
- microfluidic liquid jets
- microfluidic based nanoparticle/hydrogel synthesis
- soft matter self-assembly
- nucleation and growth of nanoparticles
- protein dynamics
