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Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes on Microfluidics Realm: Techniques and Applications

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Liposomes and lipid bilayer systems are one of the most ubiquitous structures in the living world, with complex structural features and a variety of biological functions in a constrained milieu. Redesigning and reprogramming these structures as biomimicking components will enable us to investigate basic biophysical and pharmacological processes within intra- and extracellular environments. Microfluidics, an enabling and disruptive technology, have greatly attracted this field by presenting unique capabilities, such as reduction in fluidic volumes, automation, and high-throughput, which have not been introduced with other technologies. In this chapter, a broad perspective and a variety of applications of microfluidic-associated methods were reviewed comprehensively.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Fatih Inci

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    Ahu Arslan Yildiz

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    Fatih Inci

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Inci, F. (2019). Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes on Microfluidics Realm: Techniques and Applications. In: Kök, F., Arslan Yildiz, A., Inci, F. (eds) Biomimetic Lipid Membranes: Fundamentals, Applications, and Commercialization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11596-8_9

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