BACKGROUND OF YFLOW® S.D. | PUBLICATIONS

Yflow® S.D. has developed an outstanding know-how in the theoretical basics and applications of Microfluidics Techniques; in particular, two main approaches of Microfluidics Techniques such as Yflow® Coaxial Electrospinning & Electrospray Tech. & Coaxial CoFlowing Tech.  are the core of Yflow® S.D. and target both fundamental research as well as final products.

For last 20 years, many scientific publications has been released in the field of the Electro-Hydrodynamics mainly related to fundamentals, experimentation and analysis of different conductive liquids and polymeric solutions by Yflow® Coaxial Electrospinning & Electrospray Tech..

In this section you can find the most important papers performed by our team of scientists and engineers.

  • logo-science-aaas Micro/nano encapsulation via electrified coaxial liquid jets. I. G. Loscertales, A. Barrero, I Guerrero, R. Cortijo, M. Marquez, and A.M. Gañán-Calvo. Science 295,  1695-1698, 2002. Read more
  • logo-science-aaas The current emitted by highly conducting Taylor cone. De La Mora, J.Fernandez, Loscertales, I.G. Journal of Fluid Mechanics / Volume 260 / February 1994, pp 155-184 Read more
  • logo-science-aaas Coaxial jets generated from electrified Taylor cones. Scaling laws. López-Herrera, J.M.a, Barrero, A., López, A., Loscertales, I.G., Márquez, M. Journal of Aerosol Science Volume 34, Issue 5, May 2003, Pages 535-552 Read more
  • logo-jacs A method for making inorganic and hybrid (organic/inorganic) fibers and vesicles with diameter in the submicrometric and micrometric range via sol-gel chemistry and electrically forced liquid jets.  G. Larsen, R. Velarde-Ortiz, K. Minchow, A. Barrero, and I.G. Loscertales. J. American Chem. Soc. 125, 5, 1154-1155, 2003. Read more
  • logo-jacs Electrically forced coaxial nanojets for one-step hollow nanofiber design.  I.G. Loscertales, A. Barrero, M. Marquez, R. Spretz, R. Velarde-Ortiz, G. Larsen. J. American Chem. Soc. 126, 5376, 2004. Read more
  • cenPaper selected among the forty best papers of the 2004 year by the Chemical & Engineering News. See C&E News 2004 Highlights in Chemistry. Read more
  • logo-elsevier Steady cone-jet electrosprays in insulator liquid baths. A. Barrero, J.M. López-Herrera, A. Boucard, I.G. Loscertales, M. Márquez. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 272, 104-108, 2004. Read more
  • logo-advanced-fuctional-materials Controlled Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Liquids in Hydrophylic Polymer Nanofibers by Co-electro-spinning. I. G. Loscertales et al. Advanced Functional Materials 16, 2110-2116, 2006. Read more
  • logo-annual-reviews Micro and Nanoparticles via Capillary Flows. A.Barrero and I. G. Loscertales. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 39, 89-106, 2007. Read more
  • logo-frl Simple and double emulsions via coaxial jet electrosprays. A. Gómez-Marín, I.G. Loscertales, M.Márquez, A. Barrero.PH. Lett 98, 1, 14502, 2007. Read more
  • logo-advanced-materialsFilled and Hollow Carbon Nanofibers by Coaxial Electrospinning of Alcell lignin without binder Polymers. M. Lallave, J. Bedia, R. Ruiz-Rosas, J. Rodríguez-Mirasol, J. C. Otero, T. Cordero, M. Márquez, A. Barrero, I.G. Loscertales. Advanced Materials 19, 4292-96, 2007. Read more
  • logo-kraft-foods Production of Capsules and Particles for improvement of Food Products. International Patent PCT WO 02060275A1. Licensed to Kraft Food Inc. Read more
  •  tandfonline Grafting electrosprayed silica microspheres on cellulosic textile via cyanuric chloride reactive groups. J. M. Cuevas, B. Gonzalo, C. Rodriguez, A. Dominguez & I. Loscertales. Journal of experimental Nanoscience.  Read more

YFLOW® S.D. | POSTERS

YFLOW® S.D. | AWARDS RELATED TO YFLOW® COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING & ELECTROSPRAYING TECH.

– 2003 Smoluchowsky Award. European Aerosol Association, GAeF.

– LOSCERTALES I.G. ET AL. MICRO/NANO ENCAPSULATION VIA ELECTRIFIED COAXIAL LIQUID JETS. SELECTED PAPERS FROM JOURNÉE D’INFORMATION « POUDRES GRANULATION ET COMPACTAGE » LE 17 OCTOBRE 2002 À CHÂTENAY-MALABRY VOIR  P. 11

– «Coaxial electrospray technology was awarded as one of the 40 most important inventions of 2004». Chemical Engineering News.

– Yflow® SD is awarded as INNOVATIVE SME by MINECO (SPAIN).

YFLOW® S.D. | INTERNATIONAL CITATIONS & TESTIMONIALS RELATED TO YFLOW® COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING & ELECTROSPRAYING TECH.

– Thin Jet Flies Two for One: Double streams yield sheathed nanoballs, fibers

– Double bubble comes off in a pinch.

– Liquid-coated fluids for smart drugs, food. United Press International. 2002.

– FOR PERSONALIZED BEVERAGE, JUST ADD MICROSCOPIC LIQUID. Small Times.

– Thin jet flies two for one. ScienceNews. 2002.

– Micro-Jets make designer droplets. Physics Web. 2002.

– Wrapping a liquid in a liquid helps the medicine go down. New Scientist. 2002.

– Liquid-coated Fluids for Smart Drugs, Food. Apple for health. 2002.

– Working in electro-hydrodynamics in collaboration with leading institutions (Yale, Harvard, MIT, among many others).

– «Developments in electrohydrodynamic forming: Fabricating nanomaterials from charged liquids via electrospinning and electrospraying». Ceramics Bulletin (March 2011).

YFLOW® S.D. | NATIONAL CITATIONS & TESTIMONIALS RELATED TO YFLOW® COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING & ELECTROSPRAYING TECH.

– «Despega una firma andaluza de nanotecnología». Diario de Córdoba (15/10/2006). 

– Descrita una técnica que permitirá la administración inteligente de fármacos. Diario Médico. 2002.

– Expertos españoles crean cápsulas en las que se unen dos líquidos sin mezclarse. la Razon.  2002.

– «Two Spanish scientists devise a simple method to make nanotubes». El Pais Newspaper (2004/6/9).

– «Yflow sells its advances in nanotechnology to Philip Morris and Henkel-Loctite groups». El Mundo Newspaper (2006/1/15).

– «Gaiker and Yflow to Develop Functional Textiles that Incorporate Active Microcapsules in their Manufacture«.

– «Una empresa malagueña diseña un material que libera agentes antibacterianos para conservar alimentos«. Europa Press (19/6/2013).

– Nanociencia para la vida diaria: «“Yflow fabrica mallas de nanofibras que pueden ser aplicadas a la regeneración de tejidos humanos. Se colocan de forma que las células de los tejidos del cuerpo que se ubican en ellas, crecen mucho más rápido”

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