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Single-cell liquid-core microcapsules for biomedical applications
Pires-Santos, Manuel; Carreira, Mariana; Morais, Bruno P.; Perfeito, Francisca G.; Oliveira, Mariana B.; Monteiro, Cátia F.; Nadine, Sara; Mano, João F.More recently, single-cell encapsulation emerged as a promising field in biomedicine due to its potential applications, in cell analysis and therapy. Traditional techniques involve embedding cells in crosslinked polymers to create continuous microgels, suitable mainly for adherent cells, or encapsulating them in droplets for only short-term analysis, due to their instability. In this study, we developed a metho...
Spontaneous formation of solid shell polymeric multicompartments at all-aqueous...
Perfeito, Francisca G.; Vilabril, Sara; Cerqueira, Andreia; Oliveira, Mariana B.; Mano, João F.Multicompartmental capsules have demonstrated value in fields ranging from drug release, mimetics of artificial cells, to energy conversion and storage. However, the fabrication of devices with different compartments usually requires the use of toxic solvents, and/or the adaptation of technically demanding methods, including precision microfluidics and multistep processes. The spontaneous formation of multi-cor...