Nanorod Polymers: Nanoparticles and colloids have been used to model crystallization and melting phenomena. Liu et al. (p. 197 ) studied the polymerization kinetics of nanoparticles. Functionalized arrowhead nanorods acted as linkable units that joined together in solvent-tuned assembly. The results resembled common processes of chemical polymerization: Growth was controlled kinetically and could be interpreted by formulas for step-growth polymerization and branching. Furthermore, some isomerization phenomena were observed, as was the formation of cyclic “macromolecules.”

A layer‐by‐layer gelatin nanocoating is presented for use as a tunable, dual response biomaterial for the capture and release of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patient blood. The entire nanocoating can be dissolved from the surface of microfluidic devices through biologically compatible temperature shifts. Alternatively, individual CTCs can be released through locally applied mechanical stress.

This review summarizes essential oil- and antimicrobial-loaded nanoemulsions with varying routes of delivery to support nanoemulsions as drug delivery vehicles to combat infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

We report a study of the continuous generation of polymer particles in parallel multiple modular microfluidic (M³) reactors. Each module consisted of sixteen parallel microfluidic reactors comprising emulsification and polymerization compartments. We identified and minimized the effects of the following factors that could result in the broadening of the distribution of sizes of the particles synthesized in the M³ reactors, in comparison with an individual microfluidic reactor: (i) the fidelity in the fabrication of multiple microfluidic droplet generators; (ii) the crosstalk between parallel droplet generators sharing liquid supply sources; and (iii) the coalescence of precursor droplets and/or partly polymerized polymer particles. Our results show that the M³ reactors can produce polymer microgel particles with polydispersity not exceeding 5% at a productivity of approximately 50 g/h.