Energy Harvesting: Electric Field Assisted Microfluidic Platform for Generation of Tailorable Porous Microbeads as Cell Carriers for Tissue Engineering (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2018). (14th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Costantini, Marco; Guzowski, Jan; Żuk, Paweł J.; Mozetic, Pamela; De Panfilis, Simone; Jaroszewicz, Jakub; Heljak, Marcin; Massimi, Mara; Pierron, Maxime; Trombetta, Marcella; Dentini, Mariella; Święszkowski, Wojciech; Rainer, Alberto; Garstecki, Piotr; Barbetta, Andrea
• Is Part Of: Advanced functional materials. Volume 28:Number 20(2018)
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• Publication Date: 2018-05-14
• Subjects: cell carriers -- emulsion templating -- high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) -- microfluidics -- porous microbeads; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201870133
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1616-301X

Abstract

Abstract : A novel preparation method for porous microbeads of tuneable size and internal porous texture is described in article number 1800874 by Piotr Garstecki, Andrea Barbetta, and co‐workers. An oil‐in‐water emulsion is generated inside a flow‐focusing microfluidic device. An electric field breaks up the emulsion into mesoscopic double droplets, that in turn serve as a template for the porous microbeads. The microbeads are effective cell carriers.