Title :
A journey of trains of droplets in droplet-based microfluidic devices
Author :
Hun Lee ; Linfeng Xu ; Oh, Kwang W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a microfluidic platform toseparate magnetic particles with a constant volumetric flow condition. In order to realize this architecture, three main functions for a droplet manipulation based system are integrated into a single device: synchronization of droplets by matching a location of droplets; lateral electro-coalescence; and magnetic particle manipulation. For an optimized condition of this device, a droplet generation was controlled by varying a droplet size at a fixed flow rate ratio 0.86. The electro-coalescence efficiency and maximum throughput are investigated at a given flow rate condition.
Keywords :
biological techniques; drops; magnetic particles; microfluidics; droplet based microfluidic devices; droplets synchronization; droplets train; lateral electrocoalescence; magnetic particle manipulation; magnetic particles; microfluidic platform; volumetric flow condition; Electrodes; Indium tin oxide; Junctions; Magnetic fields; Magnetic particles; Microfluidics; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943706
