Superhydrophobic surfaces as an on-chip microfluidic toolkit for total droplet control.
Anal Chem
; 85(11): 5405-10, 2013 Jun 04.
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ABSTRACT
We propose and outline a novel technique designed to utilize the unique surface repulsion present between aqueous droplets and customizable superhydrophobic surfaces for the on-chip spatial and temporal manipulation of droplets within microfluidic architectures. Through the integration of carefully designed and prepatterned superhydrophobic surfaces into polymer microfluidic chipsets, it is possible to take advantage of this enhanced surface repulsion to passively manipulate droplets on the microscale for a wide range of droplet operations, including but not limited to acceleration, deceleration, merging, and path control. This work aims to help fulfill and stimulate development based around current requirements for additional passive analytical manipulation and detection techniques in order to enable a reduction in experimental design complexity with the goal of facilitating and improving portability for Lab-on-a-chip devices.
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Agua
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Técnicas Analíticas Microfluídicas
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Nanopartículas del Metal
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Dispositivos Laboratorio en un Chip
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En
Revista:
Anal Chem
Año:
2013
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Article
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Reino Unido