ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025
Light-Responsive Materials in Droplet Manipulation for Biochemical Applications.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Reconfigurable Slippery Gradient Structure for Programmable Droplet Self-Propulsion.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Article
- Photo-Gated Corona Microfluidics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Mechanistic Structure-Property Relationships in Carbon/Polymer Composites: Connectivity, Junction Resistance, and Durability.Polymers · 2026Review
- Facile Preparation of Durable Photothermal-Responsive PDMS-CB Surfaces for Droplet Manipulation.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Optical Tweezers in Emulsion Research: Principles, Advances, and Prospects.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Review
- Droplet microfluidics for biomedical applications: emerging trends and future developments.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Review
- Non-Electrode Droplet Manipulation via Triboelectrification Near-Field Energy Transmission.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Engineering Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Recent Advances in Reactive Microdroplets for Clean Water and Energy.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Ultra-long-range optical pulling with an optical nanofibre.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Engineering Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Precision Medicine.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Review
- Light-Responsive Materials in Droplet Manipulation for Biochemical Applications.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Miniaturized droplets, characterized by well-controlled microenvironments and capability for parallel processing, have significantly advanced the studies on enzymatic evolution, molecular diagnostics, and single-cell analysis. However, manipulation of small-sized droplets, including moving, merging, and trapping of the targeted droplets for complex biochemical assays and subsequent analysis, is not trivial and remains technically demanding. Among various techniques, light-driven methods stand out as a promising candidate for droplet manipulation in a facile and flexible manner, given the features of contactless interaction, high spatiotemporal resolution, and biocompatibility. This review therefore compiles an in-depth discussion of the governing mechanisms underpinning light-driven droplet manipulation. Besides, light-responsive materials, representing the core of light-matter interaction and the key character converting light into different forms of energy, are particularly assessed in this review. Recent advancements in light-responsive materials and the most notable applications are comprehensively archived and evaluated. Continuous innovations and rational engineering of light-responsive materials are expected to propel the development of light-driven droplet manipulation, equip droplets with enhanced functionality, and broaden the applications of droplets for biochemical studies and routine biochemical investigations.
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