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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Containerless Bioorganic Reactions in a Floating Droplet by Levitation Technique Using an Ultrasonic Wave.

Teruhiko Matsubara, Kenjiro Takemura

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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  4. Effective Cell Transfection in An Ultrasonically Levitated Droplet for Sustainable Technology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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  6. Dynamic Acoustic Levitator Based On Subwavelength Aperture Control.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Teruhiko MatsubaraDepartment of Biosciences and Informatics Faculty of Science and Technology Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku Yokohama Kanagawa 223-8522 Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8006-4324
Kenjiro TakemuraDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Science and Technology Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku Yokohama Kanagawa 223-8522 Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0298-5558

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, alternative process design without plastics for chemical and biological reactions will benefit future generations. Reaction flasks used in chemical and biological laboratories have been made from glass, metals, and plastics so far. If containerless processing can be realized, researchers will have a next-generation reaction process, which will be reactor and plastic-free, and without risks of unforeseen issues induced by contact with reactions flasks, including contamination and alteration of the reactants. Here, polymerization, click chemistry, and enzymatic reactions can proceed effectively in a floating droplet at a node of standing wave generated by ultrasonic levitation. These results demonstrate that floating droplets levitated by acoustic waves can represent a revolutionary containerless reactor for performing various reactions in the fields of chemistry and biology.

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acoustic levitationclick chemistrycontainerlessenzymatic reactionradical polymerization

Identifiers

PMID33552862
PMCPMC7856899

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