Issue 7, 2011
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Lab on a Chip

On-demand microfluidic droplet manipulation using hydrophobic ferrofluid as a continuous-phase†

Kai Zhang,ab   Qionglin Liang,*b   Xiaoni Ai,b   Ping Hu,c   Yiming Wangb  and  Guoan Luo*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
E-mail: luoga@tsinghua.edu.cn

b Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
E-mail: liangql@tsinghua.edu.cn
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c School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineer, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
E-mail: huping@ecust.edu.cn

Abstract

Multiple essential microdroplet operation units, including splitting, dispensing, oil-phase exchange, trapping, release and demulsification, were successfully implemented by combining hydrophobic ferrofluid with microfluidic chips.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0LC00484G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Oct 2010
Accepted
31 Jan 2011
First published
15 Feb 2011

Lab Chip, 2011,11, 1271-1275

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K. Zhang, Q. Liang, X. Ai, P. Hu, Y. Wang and G. Luo, Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 1271 DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00484G

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