Issue 8, 2016

Photolysis-driven merging of microdroplets in microfluidic chambers

Abstract

Photolysis of microdroplets, stabilized by aminoquinoline-derived photosensitive surfactants composed of polyethyleneglycol/perfluorinated polyether (PEG/PFPE) diblock amphiphiles by using 355 nm ps pulsed laser light, resulted in rapid controlled coalescence of targeted microdroplets offering the prospect of a novel type of droplet merging with high stereospatial integrity for microfluidic systems.

Graphical abstract: Photolysis-driven merging of microdroplets in microfluidic chambers

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Optofluidics

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Jan 2016
Accepted
09 Mar 2016
First published
09 Mar 2016

Lab Chip, 2016,16, 1484-1491

Photolysis-driven merging of microdroplets in microfluidic chambers

P. Dunkel, Z. Hayat, A. Barosi, N. Bchellaoui, H. Dhimane, P. I. Dalko and A. I. El Abed, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 1484 DOI: 10.1039/C6LC00024J

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