Water droplets to form tissue structures

Dr Hagan Bayley’s lab has been working on ion channels, pores and droplet based technologies. Dr Gabriel Villar from that group just published a paper in Science that shows the formation of unique droplets submerged in hydrocarbons/oil. The formation of these droplets is interesting but what is unique is that they can form interactions amongst themselves. These droplets can be printed very easily and show emergent properties based upon the interaction between the droplets. Since this is electronically printed, almost any structures are possible. The interactions has been also shown to allow rapid communication using ions and can be made conductive.

The interaction with living tissue makes this a very powerful technique but the suspension media may need to be made more biocompatible. See the video below for more information.

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