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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2013

A microfluidic chip using phenol formaldehyde resin for uniform-sized polycaprolactone and chitosan microparticle generation.

Yung-Sheng Lin, Chih-Hui Yang, Chin-Tung Wu, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Chih-Yu Wang, Wan-Chen Hsieh, Szu-Yu Chen, Keng-Shiang Huang

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Yung-Sheng LinDepartment of Applied Cosmetology and Master Program of Cosmetic Science, Hungkuang University, Taichung 43302, Taiwan. linys@sunrise.hk.edu.tw
Chih-Hui Yang
Chin-Tung Wu
Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
Chih-Yu Wang
Wan-Chen Hsieh
Szu-Yu Chen
Keng-Shiang Huang

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study develops a new solvent-compatible microfluidic chip based on phenol formaldehyde resin (PFR). In addition to its solvent-resistant characteristics, this microfluidic platform also features easy fabrication, organization, decomposition for cleaning, and reusability compared with conventional chips. Both solvent-dependent (e.g., polycaprolactone) and nonsolvent-dependent (e.g., chitosan) microparticles were successfully prepared. The size of emulsion droplets could be easily adjusted by tuning the flow rates of the dispersed/continuous phases. After evaporation, polycaprolactone microparticles ranging from 29.3 to 62.7 μm and chitosan microparticles ranging from 215.5 to 566.3 μm were obtained with a 10% relative standard deviation in size. The proposed PFR microfluidic platform has the advantages of active control of the particle size with a narrow size distribution as well as a simple and low cost process with a high throughput.

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MicrospheresChitosanEmulsionsFormaldehydeMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesMicrofluidicsParticle SizePhenolsPolyestersPolymersChitosanEmulsionsFormaldehydephenol-formaldehyde resinPhenolspolycaprolactonePolyestersPolymers

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PMID23736788
PMCPMC6270084

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