Updates
A new paper in Gels (MDPI) presents photothermal-responsive PVA/Gelatin/Graphene Oxide hydrogels loaded with quercetin, developed jointly by Politehnica Bucharest and the SOL Group at INFLPR, enabling NIR laser-triggered drug release twice as fast as conventional methods.
Read more →New collaboration with ELI-RO focused on targeted cancer treatment combining laser-driven ionizing radiation with photosensitizers.
Read more →The first scientific results from the DROPCOAL microgravity experiment aboard the ISS have been published in Results in Engineering. The study characterises drop coalescence and mixing in the absence of gravity, with implications for biomedical and space medicine applications.
Read more →Doctoral thesis received national recognition for outstanding contributions to laser optofluidics and biomedicine applications.
Read more →A large interdisciplinary collaboration between INFLPR and ELI-NP has published results on high-dose-rate electron irradiation for radiobiology using ELI-NP's 10 PW laser — one of the most powerful laser systems in the world, located at Măgurele.
Read more →The DROPCOAL experiment (ICE Cubes #17) is officially listed on NASA's International Space Station Research Explorer as an active fluid physics investigation.
Read more →The DROPCOAL payload was launched to the ISS on November 4, 2024 aboard SpaceX CRS-31, studying how droplets coalesce and mix in microgravity for future biomedical applications in space.
Read more →The SOL Group participated in the 79th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign in October 2022 at Novespace, Bordeaux-Mérignac, testing the DropCoal and interDropCoal setups aboard the Airbus A310 ZERO-G.
Read more →A new monograph edited by Prof. Mihail-Lucian Pascu presents cutting-edge results on laser-modified medicines, optofluidics, and micro-droplet science applied to combating multidrug resistance.
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