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ArticleJournal of nanoparticle research : an interdisciplinary forum for nanoscale science and technology2014

Microfluidic preparation of polymer nanospheres.

Israfil Kucuk, Mohan Edirisinghe

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Article in Journal of nanoparticle research : an interdisciplinary forum for nanoscale science and technology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Analyzing Molecular Determinants of Nanodrugs' Cytotoxic Effects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. Optimizing biodegradable nanoparticle size for tissue-specific delivery.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2019
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  6. Protein Polymer-Based Nanoparticles: Fabrication and Medical Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Israfil KucukDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE UK ; Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Firat University, Elazig, 23279 Turkey.
Mohan EdirisingheDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, solid polymer nanospheres with their surface tailored for drug adhesion were prepared using a V-shaped microfluidic junction. The biocompatible polymer solutions were infused using two channels of the microfluidic junction which was also simultaneously fed with a volatile liquid, perfluorohexane using the other channel. The mechanism by which the nanospheres are generated is explained using high speed camera imaging. The polymer concentration (5-50 wt%) and flow rates of the feeds (50-300 µl min

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MicrofluidicsNanobiotechnologyNanocarriersNanopheresPerfluorohexanePolymethylsilsesquioxaneSurface morphology

Identifiers

PMID25484617
PMCPMC4255063

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