ReviewSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2024
Periodic Flows in Microfluidics.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Hydrodynamically decoupled nanoprecipitation (HDNP): A multi-stage strategy for supersaturation, controlled delayed nucleation, and stabilization of low LogP poorly-water soluble drugs.International journal of pharmaceutics: X · 2026Article
- Geometrically periodic architecture for enhanced mass transport in electrocatalysis.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Transient Electroosmotic Flow of Maxwell Fluids Through Soft Channels with High Surface Potentials.Polymers · 2026Article
- Assessing the Influence of Confining Pressure on the Consolidation of Granular Bulk Models Using an Integrated Sensor System.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Advanced microfluidic techniques for the preparation of solid lipid nanoparticles: Innovations and biomedical applications.International journal of pharmaceutics: X · 2025Review
- High-throughput sheathless focusing and sorting of flexible microalgae in spiral-coupled contraction-expansion channels.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2025Article
- A Review of the Application of Compliance Phenomenon in Particle Separation Within Microfluidic Systems.Micromachines · 2025Review
- A Pump-Free, Hydraulic-Amplification Oscillatory Microfluidic Device for Continuous Particle and Cell Manipulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Periodic Flows in Microfluidics.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024Review
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10 authors.
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Abstract
Microfluidics, the science and technology of manipulating fluids in microscale channels, offers numerous advantages, such as low energy consumption, compact device size, precise control, fast reaction, and enhanced portability. These benefits have led to applications in biomedical assays, disease diagnostics, drug discovery, neuroscience, and so on. Fluid flow within microfluidic channels is typically in the laminar flow region, which is characterized by low Reynolds numbers but brings the challenge of efficient mixing of fluids. Periodic flows are time-dependent fluid flows, featuring repetitive patterns that can significantly improve fluid mixing and extend the effective length of microchannels for submicron and nanoparticle manipulation. Besides, periodic flow is crucial in organ-on-a-chip (OoC) for accurately modeling physiological processes, advancing disease understanding, drug development, and personalized medicine. Various techniques for generating periodic flows have been reported, including syringe pumps, peristalsis, and actuation based on electric, magnetic, acoustic, mechanical, pneumatic, and fluidic forces, yet comprehensive reviews on this topic remain limited. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of periodic flows in microfluidics, from fundamental mechanisms to generation techniques and applications. The challenges and future perspectives are also discussed to exploit the potential of periodic flows in microfluidics.
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