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ArticleMaterials & design2018

Biocompatible Magnetic Nanocomposite Microcapsules as Microfluidic One-way Diffusion Blocking Valves with Ultra-low Opening Pressure.

Meng-Chun Hsu, Ahmed Alfadhel, Farzad Forouzandeh, David Borkholder

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Article in Materials & design, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Meng-Chun HsuMicrosystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
Ahmed AlfadhelMicrosystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
Farzad ForouzandehMicrosystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
David BorkholderMicrosystems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.

Funding

Enabling Microsystem Technologies for Advanced Drug DeliveryR01DC014568 · NIDCD · ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BORKHOLDER, DAVID A, FRISINA, ROBERT D · 2015 to 2019
$2.7M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A one-of-a-kind biocompatible magnetic nanocomposite microcapsule is developed as an in-line passive valve that can be integrated with micropumps and microfluidics. The magnetic nanocomposites act as the core for building a valve that utilizes the magnetic force attraction for sealing the microfluidic channels. The nanocomposites, molded with commercial microtubings, are prepared by incorporating Fe

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Diffusion barrierFlow rectificationMagneticMicrocapsuleMicrofluidicsValve

Identifiers

PMID30364560
PMCPMC6197471

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