Vigolo D.*, Ramakrishna S. N., deMello A. J. Facile Tuning of the Mechanical Properties of a Biocompatible Soft Material. Sci. Rep. 2019, 9 (1), 7125.

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Herein, we introduce a method to locally modify the mechanical properties of a soft, biocompatible material through the exploitation of the … Continue Reading ››

Moreddu R., Elsherif M., Butt H., Vigolo D., Yetisen A. K.  (2019) Contact Lenses for Continuous Corneal Temperature Monitoring. RSC Adv. 2019, 9 (20), 11433–11442.

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Temperature variation is a ubiquitous medical sign to monitor ocular conditions including dry eye disease (DED), glaucoma, carotid artery stenosis, diabetic … Continue Reading ››

Riccomi M, Alberini F, Brunazzi E, Vigolo D (2018) Ghost Particle Velocimetry as an alternative to μPIV for micro/milli-fluidic devices. Chem Eng Res Des 133:183–194.

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Ghost Particle Velocimetry (GPV) has only been recently introduced and has already been proven useful in small scale phenomena investigations, such as the study of the flow field during single droplets … Continue Reading ››

Modelling and simulation of flow and agglomeration in deep veins valves using discrete multi physics

M. Ariane, W. Wen, D. Vigolo, A. Brill, F.G.B. Nash, M. Barigou and A. Alexiadis.

The hemodynamics in flexible deep veins valves is modelled by means of discrete multi-physics and an agglomeration algorithm is implemented to account for blood accrual in the … Continue Reading ››

Continuous Isotropic-Nematic Transition in Amyloid Fibril Suspensions Driven by Thermophoresis

D. Vigolo, J. Zhao, S. Handschin, X. Cao, A. J. deMello & R. Mezzenga.

The isotropic and nematic (I + N) coexistence for rod-like colloids is a signature of the first-order thermodynamics nature of this phase transition. However, in the case of amyloid fibrils, the biphasic region is … Continue Reading ››

Real-time PEGDA-based Microgels Generation and Encapsulation in Microdroplets. Advanced Materials Technologies

C. Martino‡*, D. Vigolo‡*, X. Casadevall i Solvas, S. Stavrakis, and A. J. deMello*.

‡ equal contribution; * corresponding author.

Herein, a method is reported that combines droplet-based microfluidics and microscope projection photolithography for the generation of poly ethylene glycol diacrylate microgels and their encapsulation … Continue Reading ››

Controllable generation and encapsulation of alginate fibers using droplet-based microfluidics

Chiara Martino, Cyril Statzer, Daniele Vigolo and Andrew J. deMello

Herein we demonstrate the segmentation of alginate solution streams to generate alginate fibers of precisely controllable lengths between 200 and 1000 μm. Moreover, we demonstrate the subsequent encapsulation of the formed fibers within pL-volume microdroplets, produced … Continue Reading ››

Investigating the fluid dynamics of rapid processes within microfluidic devices using bright-field microscopy

Tohid Pirbodaghi, Daniele Vigolo, Samin Akbari and Andrew deMello

The widespread application of microfluidic devices in the biological and chemical sciences requires the implementation of complex designs and geometries, which in turn leads to atypical fluid dynamic phenomena. Accordingly, a complete understanding of fluid … Continue Reading ››

I am presenting my research in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney on: "Microfluidic manipulation of Colloids and Polymers to create novel Functional Materials".

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Adapting and manipulating the components of a material to achieve the desired properties is an essential requirement for the study and the advancement of science and technology. The same … Continue Reading ››