Microfluidic patterning

With regard to surface-directed microfluidics, patterning discontinuities in surface energetics results in deformatimi of the solid-liquid contact line. Such deformations can either promote or impede capillary breakup. Consequently, discontinuous energetics serves as a mechanism to harness for autonomous fluid transport. Furthermore, other implications arise as a result of the capacity to manipulate interfacial curvature at the microscale. As the surface area-to-volume ratio experienced within microfluidic devices is rather substantial, the overall shape and stability of boundaries and interfaces can be dramatically... 

With regard to surface-directed microfluidics, patterning discontinuities in surface energetics results in deformation of the solid-liquid contact line. Such deformations... 

Khademhosseini, A., G. Eng et al. 2007. Microfluidic patterning for fabrication of contractile cardiac organoids. Biomedical Microdevices 9(2) 149-157. 

Tan, W. and T. A. Desai 2003. Microfluidic patterning of cells in extracellular matrix biopolymers Effects of channel size, cell type, and matrix composition on pattern integrity. Tissue Engineering9 2) 255-267. 

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