Microfluidic platforms with monolithically integrated hierarchical apertures for the facile and rapid formation of cargo-carrying vesicles.

Cho, Hyesung; Kim, Junsoo; Suga, Keishi; Ishigami, Takaaki; Park, Hyunchul; Bang, Jung Won; Seo, Soonmin; Choi, Mansoo et al. · Lab Chip · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We fabricated a simple yet robust microfluidic platform with monolithically integrated hierarchical apertures. This platform showed efficient diffusive mixing of the introduced lipids through approximately 8000 divisions with tiny pores (~5 μm in diameter), resulting in massive, real-time production of various cargo-carrying particles via multi-hydrodynamic focusing.

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