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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Nature utilizes dynamic, kinetically-controlled self-assembly for intricate architectures.
  • Conventional bulk methods yield simple assemblies governed by thermodynamic stability.
  • Microfluidics offers environmental control for non-equilibrium self-assembly.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review microfluidic systems for kinetically-controlled molecular self-assembly.
  • To examine mechanisms and architectures enabling sophisticated self-assembled structures.
  • To categorize research based on microfluidic approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Diffusion-led mixing
  • Shear gradient alignment
  • Spatial and temporal confinement
  • Structural templates in multiphase systems

Main Results:

  • Microfluidics facilitates non-equilibrium conditions for complex self-assembly.
  • Environmental control allows for kinetically-driven assembly pathways.
  • Diverse microfluidic mechanisms yield tailored self-assembled architectures.

Conclusions:

  • Microfluidic systems are powerful tools for advanced molecular self-assembly.
  • Kinetically-controlled assembly in microfluidics surpasses bulk method limitations.
  • This review categorizes microfluidic strategies for self-assembly research.