Gel integration for microfluidic applications

Human in vitro 3D co-culture model to engineer vascularized bone-mimicking tissues combining computational tools and statistical experimental approach

(2016) Simone Bersini et al.   BIOMATERIALS

In situ rheological measurements of the external gelation of alginate

(2016) M.H. Mahdi et al.   FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS

3D cardiac μtissues within a microfluidic device with real-time contractile stress readout

(2016) Aereas Aung et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A versatile lab-on-a-chip tool for modeling biological barriers

(2016) Fruzsina R. Walter et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Impedimetric quantification of cells encapsulated in hydrogel cultured in a paper-based microchamber

(2016) Kin Fong Lei et al.   TALANTA

Engineering Controllable Architecture in Matrigel for 3D Cell Alignment

(2015) Jae Myung Jang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Point-, line-, and plane-shaped cellular constructs for 3D tissue assembly

(2015) Yuya Morimoto et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Recapitulation of in vivo-like neutrophil transendothelial migration using a microfluidic platform

(2015) Xiaojie Wu et al.   ANALYST

Sensitive and Multiplexed On-chip microRNA Profiling in Oil-Isolated Hydrogel Chambers

(2015) Hyewon Lee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pump-free gradient-based micro-device enables quantitative and high-throughput bacterial growth inhibition analysis

(2015) Min Ran et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Hydrogel-based microfluidic incubator for microorganism cultivation and analyses

(2015) Dietmar Puchberger-Enengl et al.   Biomicrofluidics

An optically transparent membrane supports shear stress studies in a three-dimensional microfluidic neurovascular unit model

(2015) Katelyn L. Sellgren et al.   Biomicrofluidics

On-chip porous microgel generation for microfluidic enhanced VEGF detection

(2015) Zhengtuo Zhao et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Spatiotemporal dynamics of doxorubicin elution from embolic beads within a microfluidic network

(2015) Dario Carugo et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Microfluidic co-cultures with hydrogel-based ligand trap to study paracrine signals giving rise to cancer drug resistance

(2015) Dipali Patel et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Hydrogel-driven paper-based microfluidics

(2015) Robert R. Niedl et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

An artificial blood vessel implanted three-dimensional microsystem for modeling transvascular migration of tumor cells

(2015) Xue-Ying Wang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Rapid prototyping of pneumatically actuated hydrocarbon gel valves for centrifugal microfluidic devices

(2015) Laura Swayne et al.   TALANTA

Contact-dependent carcinoma aggregate dispersion by M2a macrophages via ICAM-1 and β2 integrin interactions

(2015) Jing Bai et al.   Oncotarget

Matrigel: From discovery and ECM mimicry to assays and models for cancer research

(2014) Gabriel Benton et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Bioengineering 3D environments for cancer models

(2014) Mireia Alemany-Ribes et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

A microfluidic 3D in vitro model for specificity of breast cancer metastasis to bone

(2014) Simone Bersini et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Microfluidic direct writer with integrated declogging mechanism for fabricating cell-laden hydrogel constructs

(2014) Setareh Ghorbanian et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Heterogeneous integration of gels into microfluidics using a mesh carrier

(2014) Bilge Eker et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Live-Cell Imaging of Invasion and Intravasation in an Artificial Microvessel Platform

(2014) Andrew D. Wong et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

A spectrophotometer-based diffusivity assay reveals that diffusion hindrance of small molecules in extracellular matrix gels used in 3D cultures is dominated by viscous effects

(2014) Roland Galgoczy et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Phaseguides as tunable passive microvalves for liquid routing in complex microfluidic networks

(2014) Ender Yildirim et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Small-molecule axon-polarization studies enabled by a shear-free microfluidic gradient generator

(2014) Hui Xu et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Engineering interconnected 3D vascular networks in hydrogels using molded sodium alginate lattice as the sacrificial template

(2014) Xue-Ying Wang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Controlling uniformity of photopolymerized microscopic hydrogels

(2014) Sukho Park et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A comparison of fluorescence and UV–visible spectrometry techniques for thermal phase transitions of agarose gels

(2014) Ertan Arda et al.   POLYMER BULLETIN

A rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test based on single-cell morphological analysis

(2014) J. Choi et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Characterizing the micro-scale elastic modulus of hydrogels for use in regenerative medicine

(2013) Chad D. Markert et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Antimicrobial susceptibility assays in paper-based portable culture devices

(2013) Frédérique Deiss et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Single-step design of hydrogel-based microfluidic assays for rapid diagnostics

(2013) Dietmar Puchberger-Enengl et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Light-assisted direct-write of 3D functional biomaterials

(2013) Kolin C. Hribar et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Metre-long cell-laden microfibres exhibit tissue morphologies and functions

(2013) Hiroaki Onoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Discovery of novel chemoeffectors and rational design of Escherichia coli chemoreceptor specificity

(2013) S. Bi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biomimetic model to reconstitute angiogenic sprouting morphogenesis in vitro

(2013) D.-H. T. Nguyen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of substrate stiffness on pulmonary fibroblast activation by TGF-β

(2012) H.N. Chia et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

A 3D Interconnected Microchannel Network Formed in Gelatin by Sacrificial Shellac Microfibers

(2012) Leon M. Bellan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Micromechanical properties of hydrogels measured with MEMS resonant sensors

(2012) Elise A. Corbin et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Vascular lumen simulation and highly-sensitive nitric oxide detection using three-dimensional gelatin chip coupled to TiC/C nanowire arrays microelectrode

(2012) Lin-Mei Li et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A parallel diffusion-based microfluidic device for bacterial chemotaxis analysis

(2012) Guangwei Si et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing by tracking single cell growth in a microfluidic agarose channel system

(2012) Jungil Choi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Rapid casting of patterned vascular networks for perfusable engineered three-dimensional tissues

(2012) Jordan S. Miller et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Microfluidic assay for simultaneous culture of multiple cell types on surfaces or within hydrogels

(2012) Yoojin Shin et al.   Nature Protocols

Frequency-DependentEscherichia coliChemotaxis Behavior

(2012) Xuejun Zhu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Three-dimensional microfluidic model for tumor cell intravasation and endothelial barrier function

(2012) I. K. Zervantonakis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Digital microfluidic hydrogel microreactors for proteomics

(2012) Vivienne N. Luk et al.   PROTEOMICS

In situ formation and collagen-alginate composite encapsulation of pancreatic islet spheroids

(2011) Bo Ram Lee et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Sequential assembly of cell-laden hydrogel constructs to engineer vascular-like microchannels

(2011) Yanan Du et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Rheological properties of concentrated solutions of agarose in ionic liquid

(2011) Jun-ichi Horinaka et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Thermal Phase Transitions of Agarose in Various Compositions: A Fluorescence Study

(2011) Selim Kara et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE

In vitro 3D collective sprouting angiogenesis under orchestrated ANG-1 and VEGF gradients

(2011) Yoojin Shin et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microfluidic fabrication of microengineered hydrogels and their application in tissue engineering

(2011) Bong Geun Chung et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Influence of Physical Properties of Biomaterials on Cellular Behavior

(2011) Susan Lin et al.   PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

Chitosan—A versatile semi-synthetic polymer in biomedical applications

(2011) M. Dash et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Diffusion-Based and Long-Range Concentration Gradients of Multiple Chemicals for Bacterial Chemotaxis Assays

(2010) Minseok Kim et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microfluidic Platforms for Studies of Angiogenesis, Cell Migration, and Cell–Cell Interactions

(2010) Seok Chung et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Multilayer microfluidic PEGDA hydrogels

(2010) Michael P. Cuchiara et al.   BIOMATERIALS

An automatic microturbidostat for bacterial culture at constant density

(2010) Xianjia Luo et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

A rapid and simple fabrication method for 3-dimensional circular microfluidic channel using metal wire removal process

(2010) Suk-Heung Song et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Hydrogels in Regenerative Medicine

(2009) Brandon V. Slaughter et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An agarose-based microfluidic platform with a gradient buffer for 3D chemotaxis studies

(2009) Ulrike Haessler et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

PEGDA hydrogels with patterned elasticity: Novel tools for the study of cell response to substrate rigidity

(2009) Stephanie Nemir et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

The elastic modulus of Matrigel™ as determined by atomic force microscopy

(2009) Shauheen S. Soofi et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Micropatterning of Hydrogels by Soft Embossing†

(2009) Stefan Kobel et al.   LANGMUIR

Spotlight on hydrogels

(2009) Matthias P. Lutolf   NATURE MATERIALS

Fabrication of an artificial 3-dimensional vascular network using sacrificial sugar structures

(2009) Leon M. Bellan et al.   Soft Matter

Direct-write assembly of biomimetic microvascular networks for efficient fluid transport

(2009) Willie Wu et al.   Soft Matter

Influence of hydrogel mechanical properties and mesh size on vocal fold fibroblast extracellular matrix production and phenotype

(2008) Huimin Liao et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Partitioning microfluidic channels with hydrogel to construct tunable 3-D cellular microenvironments

(2008) Amy P. Wong et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Mechanical characterization of biomimetic membranes by micro-shaft poking

(2008) M. Ahearne et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Design, fabrication and implementation of a novel multi-parameter control microfluidic platform for three-dimensional cell culture and real-time imaging

(2008) Vernella Vickerman et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Cell migration into scaffolds under co-culture conditions in a microfluidic platform

(2008) Seok Chung et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Cell Encapsulation in Sub-mm Sized Gel Modules Using Replica Molding

(2008) Alison P. McGuigan et al.   PLoS One

Directed assembly of cell-laden microgels for fabrication of 3D tissue constructs

(2008) Y. Du et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Main properties and current applications of some polysaccharides as biomaterials

(2007) Marguerite Rinaudo   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL