Case study

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are spherical particles with an outer shell made of biocompatible polymers encapsulating drugs in nanoscale. The physiochemical diversity and biocompatibility of lipids enhance oral bioavailability of drugs and positively influence drug absorption. Other than drug delivery are … Continued

Cell culturing is an important tool in pharmaceutical development, cosmetics and food & beverage while also being a highly sensitive process. Besides chemical and biological parameters, i.e. pH value, temperature, feed concentration etc., the physilogical parameters and therefore the fluidic … Continued

Fluid mixing is the principle of merging two immiscible fluids to a homogenous ratio. As microfluidics is an enabling technology for bioprocesses in life sciences, mixing plays a very big role in applications such as biotechnological diagnostics, biosensing, DNA analysis … Continued

Microfluidic systems become more and more important in biotechnological applications. This is especially interesting in the pharma, cosmetics and food & beverage markets due to its small footprint. Therefore, these systems are an easy option for parallelization, modularity and scalability … Continued

Hydrogel beads is a widely known technology in pharmaceutical or cosmetic development and production. The task of theses droplets is to encapsulate bioactive reagents in stable spheres. Later, they release that material at defined working points on the patient or … Continued

This Case study describes the detection of VOC gases and CO2 using an active microfluidic system. Sensing ambient gas phase compositions is a crucial task in today’s everyday life. Be it for containing stable conditions or for supervising potential toxic … Continued

There is a significant amount of applications that require the dispensing of very low amounts of liquids: Nano Dispensing. Especially the medical, life science and automotive industries often need to move highly viscose liquids at a very low rate. This … Continued

Microfluidic dosing is one of these use cases ahead, leading to a lot of novel applications and innovation. Currently, it is widely observed in the modern lab and can, in general, be realized by different approaches to realize a flow. … Continued

There are many reasons why it is important to identify the liquid in a microfluidic system. In this thermal conductivity case study, we take a closer look at one option to solve this challenge. Membrane-based micropumps like the mp6 micropump … Continued

The controlled dosing of drugs or compounds, dissolved in diverse kinds of liquids as a solution or dispersion (mostly water based) is of growing importance. This is especially the case in, for example, medical treatments, technical as well as Life … Continued