Design Of Nanostructured Surfaces Research Articles

Pressure Drop Measurements in Microfluidic Devices: A Review on the Accurate Quantification of Interfacial Slip (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 5/2022)

Pressure Drop Measurements in Microfluidic Devices Huge hydrodynamic resistance slows down fluid flow in microfluidic channels. This resistance can be reduced through the design of nanostructured surfaces that induce interfacial slip. Quantifying the conditions for flow in microfluidic devices enables the design of new functional surfaces that will reduce hydrodynamic drag and increase mass transport, as reviewed in article number 2101641 by Christopher Vega-Sánchez and Chiara Neto. Cover image by Vega-Sánchez and Neto.

Developing Langmuir–Blodgett strategies towards practical devices

Several industrially important aspects of functionalized surfaces are discussed including applications to artificial membranes, patterning materials, thin film optical devices, and displays. Special attention is focused on the design of nanostructured surfaces by update of Langmuir–Blodgett method. The potentialities of the method of horizontal precipitation of monolayer films for the formation of artificial membranes are demonstrated, and the formation of “raft” domains resulting in the self-organization of lipids in a monolayer is reported. Also, many approaches to flexible polymeric support modification using specially developed LB equipment are described, including examples dealing with the effective ways of capsulation of drugs, formation of hybrid structures, and surface patterning, from the standpoint of medical or plastic electronic applications. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.