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Methane Hydrate Crystallization on Sessile Water Droplets
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2021
We describe a method to form gas hydrate on sessile water droplets to study the effects of various inhibitors, promoters, and substrates on the hydrate crystal morphology.
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Title Cell Encapsulation by Droplets
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2007
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A Duplex Digital PCR Assay for Simultaneous Quantification of the Enterococcus spp. and the Human Fecal-associated HF183 Marker in Waters
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2016
This manuscript describes a duplex digital PCR assay that can be used to simultaneously quantify Enterococcus spp. and the HF183 genetic markers as indicators of general and human-associated fecal contamination in recreational waters.
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Reconstitution of Basic Mitotic Spindles in Spherical Emulsion Droplets
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2016
The assembly and positioning of the mitotic spindle depend on the combined forces generated by microtubule dynamics, motor proteins and cross-linkers. Here we present our recently developed methods in which the geometrical confinement of spherical emulsion droplets is used for the bottom-up reconstitution of basic mitotic spindles.
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Fluorescence detection methods for microfluidic droplet platforms
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2011
Droplet-based microfluidic platforms are promising candidates for high throughput experimentation since they are able to generate picoliter, self-compartmentalized vessels inexpensively at kHz rates. Through integration with fast, sensitive and high resolution fluorescence spectroscopic methods, the large amounts of information generated within these systems can be efficiently extracted, harnessed and utilized.
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Beading occurs when molecular cohesion within the liquid outweighs its attraction to the contacted surface, whereas stronger adhesion favors spreading across that material. The balance changes with the surrounding surface, including biological materials, so the same volume of water can adopt different behaviors in different biological or laboratory settings.
Gravity can deform or drive movement, especially when a droplet rests on or travels across a surface. Evaporation removes water and reduces droplet size, while interactions with air and nearby materials influence the rate and resulting shape. These variables help explain why droplets are dynamic rather than fixed structures.
Surface tension provides a physical basis for analyzing how liquid water maintains cohesion and responds to contact with cells, tissues, or other biological materials. Examining its interaction with adhesion helps investigators interpret wetting, spreading, and beading, which are relevant to transport and compartmentalization in biological systems.
Microfluidic devices provide a setting for controlled droplet formation, allowing researchers to work with miniaturized liquid volumes. These systems support assays, cell manipulation, and biological analyses by linking controlled droplet generation with small-scale experimental workflows. Their role is especially valuable when biological investigations require discrete liquid environments within a laboratory device.
Researchers can use them to study wetting, evaporation, pathogen transport, biomolecule transport, and compartmentalization in cells. These applications connect physical droplet behavior with biological questions about how substances move, how liquid environments change, and how separated spaces support analysis. Droplet studies therefore contribute to both fundamental biology and laboratory investigation.
The same physical behaviors studied in controlled systems also appear in nature. Droplets are relevant to respiratory transmission, where they can participate in biological transport, and to plant water exchange, where surface interactions and evaporation matter. This connection makes droplet research useful for relating measurable liquid behavior to biological transport and exchange.