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57
Citations
12016
World Ranking
7951
National Ranking
2305

Overview

Ho Cheung Shum is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has a research focus primarily within the field of Engineering.

Their work spans several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Mechanical Engineering. This multidisciplinary approach reflects a broad engagement with both biological and material sciences alongside engineering principles.

The scientist's research covers key topics such as Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Micro and Nano Robotics, RNA Research and Splicing, and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials.

Frequent collaboration has been recorded with several coauthors, including Wei Guo, Yage Zhang, Yi Pan, Lang Nan, and Yang Cao.

Ho Cheung Shum has published papers in a range of well-regarded venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are Nature Communications, Advanced Science, Small, Advanced Materials, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent selected publications include:

  • Cell-Inspired All-Aqueous Microfluidics: From Intracellular Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation toward Advanced Biomaterials (2020, Advanced Science)
  • Development and future of droplet microfluidics (2024, Lab on a Chip)
  • Droplet and Microchamber-Based Digital Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (dLAMP) (2020, Small)
  • Non-associative phase separation in an evaporating droplet as a model for prebiotic compartmentalization (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Three-Dimensional Perovskite Nanopixels for Ultrahigh-Resolution Color Displays and Multilevel Anticounterfeiting (2021, Nano Letters)

Best Publications

  • Designer emulsions using microfluidics

    Rhutesh K. Shah;Ho Cheung Shum;Amy C. Rowat;Daeyeon Lee

  • Microfluidic fabrication of monodisperse biocompatible and biodegradable polymersomes with controlled permeability.

    Ho Cheung Shum;Jin-Woong Kim;David A. Weitz

  • Double emulsion templated monodisperse phospholipid vesicles.

    Ho Cheung Shum;Daeyeon Lee;Insun Yoon;Tom Kodger

  • Emerging aqueous two-phase systems: from fundamentals of interfaces to biomedical applications

    Youchuang Chao;Ho Cheung Shum

  • Colloid Surfactants for Emulsion Stabilization

    Jin-Woong Kim;Daeyeon Lee;Ho Cheung Shum;David A. Weitz

  • Apparatus for forming droplets

    Liang-Yin Chu;Ho Cheung Shum;Alberto Fernandez-Nieves;Andrew S. Utada

  • Multicompartment polymersomes from double emulsions

    Ho Cheung Shum;Yuan-jin Zhao;Yuan-jin Zhao;Shin-Hyun Kim;David A. Weitz

  • 25th Anniversary Article: Double Emulsion Templated Solid Microcapsules: Mechanics And Controlled Release

    Sujit S. Datta;Alireza Abbaspourrad;Esther Amstad;Jing Fan

  • Microfluidic Generation of Multifunctional Quantum Dot Barcode Particles

    Yuanjin Zhao;Ho Cheung Shum;Ho Cheung Shum;Haosheng Chen;Haosheng Chen;Laura L. A. Adams

  • Droplet microfluidics for fabrication of non-spherical particles.

    Ho Cheung Shum;Adam R. Abate;Daeyeon Lee;Daeyeon Lee;André R. Studart;André R. Studart

  • Multiple polymersomes for programmed release of multiple components.

    Shin-Hyun Kim;Ho Cheung Shum;Ho Cheung Shum;Jin Woong Kim;Jun-Cheol Cho

  • Ultrafast laser-scanning time-stretch imaging at visible wavelengths.

    Jiang-Lai Wu;Yi-Qing Xu;Jing-Jiang Xu;Xiao-Ming Wei

  • Fabrication and characterization of monodisperse PLGA-alginate core-shell microspheres with monodisperse size and homogeneous shells for controlled drug release.

    Jun Wu;Tiantian Kong;Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung;Ho Cheung Shum

  • Syringe-pump-induced fluctuation in all-aqueous microfluidic system implications for flow rate accuracy

    Zida Li;Sze Yi Mak;Alban Sauret;Ho Cheung Shum

  • Bioinspired Multifunctional Janus Particles for Droplet Manipulation

    Yuanjin Zhao;Hongcheng Gu;Zhuoying Xie;Ho Cheung Shum

  • Double Emulsion Droplets as Microreactors for Synthesis of Mesoporous Hydroxyapatite

    Ho Cheung Shum;Amit Bandyopadhyay;Susmita Bose;David A. Weitz

  • Microfluidic Melt Emulsification for Encapsulation and Release of Actives

    Bing Jie Sun;Ho Cheung Shum;Christian Holtze;David A. Weitz

  • Microfluidic fabrication of water-in-water (w/w) jets and emulsions

    Ho Cheung Shum;Jason Varnell;David A. Weitz

  • Fabrication of fibrillosomes from droplets stabilized by protein nanofibrils at all-aqueous interfaces

    Yang Song;Ulyana Shimanovich;Thomas C. T. Michaels;Thomas C. T. Michaels;Qingming Ma

  • Cell-Inspired All-Aqueous Microfluidics: From Intracellular Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation toward Advanced Biomaterials

    Qingming Ma;Yang Song;Wentao Sun;Jie Cao

  • Arrested Coalescence of Particle-coated Droplets into Nonspherical Supracolloidal Structures†

    André R. Studart;Ho Cheung Shum;David A. Weitz

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Kevin K. Tsia
Kevin K. Tsia University of Hong Kong
Kenneth K. Y. Wong
Kenneth K. Y. Wong University of Hong Kong
Liqiu Wang
Liqiu Wang University of Hong Kong
Alberto Fernandez-Nieves
Alberto Fernandez-Nieves University of Barcelona
Daeyeon Lee
Daeyeon Lee University of Pennsylvania
Shin-Hyun Kim
Shin-Hyun Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jin-Woong Kim
Jin-Woong Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Yuanjin Zhao
Yuanjin Zhao Southeast University
Liang-Yin Chu
Liang-Yin Chu Sichuan University

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