Open AccessFront Cover: Advanced microfluidic devices for fabricating multi‐structural hydrogel microsphere (EXP2 3/2021)
Author(s) -
Chen Zehao,
Lv Zhendong,
Zhang Zhen,
Weitz David A.,
Zhang Hongbo,
Zhang Yuhui,
Cui Wenguo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
exploration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
eISSN - 2766-2098
pISSN - 2766-8509
DOI - 10.1002/exp.20210328
Subject(s) - microfluidics , microsphere , nanotechnology , fabrication , materials science , front cover , self healing hydrogels , composite number , cover (algebra) , composite material , chemical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , polymer chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Hydrogel microspheres are emerging materials that have applications in a variety of fields. In article 20210036, Wenguo Cui and co‐workers reviewed the progress of microfluidic technology in the preparation of hydrogel microspheres. The authors presented the fabrication methods of microfluidic devices and their applications in manufacturing single‐component and composite structured hydrogel microspheres.