Issue 24, 2012

Universal logic gates via liquid-electronic hybrid divider

Abstract

We demonstrated two-input microdroplet-based universal logic gates using a liquid-electronic hybrid divider. All 16 Boolean logic functions have been realized by manipulating the applied voltages. The novel platform consists of a microfluidic chip with integrated microdroplet detectors and external electronic components. The microdroplet detectors act as the communication media for fluidic and electronic information exchange. The presence or absence of microdroplets at the detector translates into the binary signal 1 or 0. The embedded micro-mechanical pneumatically actuated valve (PAV), fabricated using the well-developed multilayer soft lithography technique, offers biocompatibility, flexibility and accuracy for the on-chip realization of different logic functions. The microfluidic chip can be scaled up to construct large-scale microfluidic logic computation. On the other hand, the microfluidic chip with a specific logic function can be applied to droplet-based chemical reactions for on-demand bio or chemical analysis. Our experimental results have presented an autonomously driven, precision-controlled microfluidic chip for chemical reactions based on the IF logic function.

Graphical abstract: Universal logic gates via liquid-electronic hybrid divider

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Jul 2012
Accepted
02 Oct 2012
First published
03 Oct 2012

Lab Chip, 2012,12, 5211-5217

Universal logic gates via liquid-electronic hybrid divider

B. Zhou, L. Wang, S. Li, X. Wang, Y. S. Hui and W. Wen, Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 5211 DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40840F

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