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ArticleLangmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids2021

Microfluidic Chip Device for

Saahil Sheth, Samuel Stealey, Nicole Y Morgan, Silviya P Zustiak

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Article in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saahil ShethDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, United States.
Samuel StealeyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, United States.
Nicole Y MorganBiomedical Engineering and Physical Science Shared Resource, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, United States.
Silviya P ZustiakDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7648-8351
Saint Louis University · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Microfabrication for Biomedical ResearchZIAEB000012 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI MORGAN, NICOLE Y · 2009 to 2009
$187k
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA EB000012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogel microspheres are sought for a variety of biomedical applications, including therapeutic and cellular delivery, sensors, and lubricants. Robust fabrication of hydrogel microspheres with uniform sizes and properties can be achieved using microfluidic systems that rely on droplet formation and subsequent gelation to form microspheres. Such systems work well when gelation is initiated after droplet formation but are not practical for timed gelation systems where gelation is initiated prior to droplet formation; premature gelation can lead to device blockage, variable microsphere diameter due to viscosity changes in the precursor solution, and limited numbers of microspheres produced in a single run. To enable microfluidic fabrication of microspheres from timed gelation hydrogel systems, an

Indexed as

HydrogelsMicrofluidicsLab-On-A-Chip DevicesMicrospheresPolyethylene GlycolsHydrogelsPolyethylene Glycols

Identifiers

PMID34597052
PMCPMC9447845
OpenAlexW3201771797

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Registered trials

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