Issue 4, 2012
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Lab on a Chip

Self-propelling surfactant droplets in chemically-confined microfluidics – cargo transport, drop-splitting and trajectory control†

David K. N. Sinza  and  Anton A. Darhuber*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Mesoscopic Transport Phenomena Group, Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Postbus 513, Eindhoven, MB, The Netherlands

Abstract

We demonstrate the applicability of self-propulsion as a passive driving mechanism for droplets in chemically-confined microfluidics. The droplets can be used to transport considerably sized solid cargo particles. We implemented thermal actuation as a steering mechanism for the droplets at fluidic junctions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2LC21082G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Nov 2011
Accepted
19 Dec 2011
First published
20 Dec 2011

Lab Chip, 2012,12, 705-707

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Self-propelling surfactant droplets in chemically-confined microfluidics – cargo transport, drop-splitting and trajectory control

D. K. N. Sinz and A. A. Darhuber, Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 705 DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21082G

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