Microfluidics for nanopharmaceutical and medical applications

Adams, Friederike; Zimmermann, Christoph M.; Luciani, Paola; Merkel, Olivia M.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-822482-3.00010-5

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“…In material science engineering, miniaturized sensors play a significant role in the domain of nanotechnology, where size-controlled nanomaterials have become suitable for sensing, providing excellent properties, such as superior electrochemical, photonic, and magnetic qualities [33]. Methyl salicylate (MeSal) is an organic compound known to be produced in crops under stressful growing conditions, which can be indicative of early plant diseases [34][35][36]. Its presence has been conventionally detected based on methods that require bulky and costly equipment, notably gas chromatography or mass spectrometry [37].…”

Section: Membraneless Microfluidic Microbial Fuel Cells (Mmmfcs)mentioning

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“…Microfluidic mixing techniques are versatile and facile alternatives to improve the reproducible production of pharmaceutics on one hand and to mimic a complex cellular microenvironment on the other in biological systems [36]. In such systems, mixing can be active and passive based on the operational mechanism, where external forces can be utilized to perform the active mixing of fluids in the microdomain.…”

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Interrelationship of Electric Double Layer Theory and Microfluidic Microbial Fuel Cells: A Review of Theoretical Foundations and Implications for Performance

Amadu,

Miadonye

2024

Energies

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Microbial fuel cells and their related microfluidic systems have emerged as promising greener energy alternatives for the exploitation of avenues related to combined power and wastewater treatment operations. Moreover, the potential for their application in biosensing technology is large. However, while the fundamental principles of science that govern the design and operation of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and microfluidic microbial fuel cells (MMFCs) are similar to those found in colloid science, the literature shows that current research lacks sufficient reference to the electrostatic and electrokinetic aspects, focusing mostly on aspects related to the architecture, design, anodes, microbial growth and metabolism, and electron transfer mechanisms. In this regard, research is yet to consider MFCs and MMFCs in the context of electrostatic and electrokinetic aspects. In this extensive review, we show, for the first time, the interrelationship of MFCs and MMFCs with electric double layer theory. Consequently, we show how the analytical solution to the mean field Poisson–Boltzmann theory relates to these systems. Moreover, we show the interrelationship between MFC and MMFCs’ performance and the electric double layer and the associated electrostatic and electrokinetic phenomena. This extensive review will likely motivate research in this direction.

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