Lathia Rutvik, Nampoothiri Krishnadas Narayanan, Sagar Nitish, Bansal Shubhi, Modak Chandantaru Dey, Sen Prosenjit
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai 601103, India.
Langmuir. 2023 Feb 21;39(7):2461-2482. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02905. Epub 2023 Feb 13.
Microscale droplet generation and manipulation have widespread applications in numerous fields, from biochemical assays to printing and additive manufacturing. There are several techniques for droplet handling. Most techniques, however, can generate and work with only a limited range of droplet sizes. Furthermore, there are constraints regarding the workable variety of fluid properties (e.g., viscosity, surface tension, mass loading, etc.). Recent works have focused on developing techniques to overcome these limitations. This feature article discusses advances in this area that cover a wide range of droplet sizes from subpicoliter to microliter.
微尺度液滴的产生与操控在众多领域有着广泛应用，从生化分析到印刷及增材制造。有多种液滴处理技术。然而，大多数技术只能产生并处理有限范围的液滴尺寸。此外，在可行的流体性质种类（如粘度、表面张力、质量负载等）方面也存在限制。近期的研究致力于开发克服这些限制的技术。这篇专题文章讨论了该领域的进展，涵盖了从亚皮升至微升的广泛液滴尺寸范围。
