Issue 8, 2007

Surface-induced droplet fusion in microfluidic devices

Abstract

Here we demonstrate a new method for droplet fusion based on a surface energy pattern on the walls of a microfluidic device, that does not require active elements nor accurate synchronization of the droplets.

Graphical abstract: Surface-induced droplet fusion in microfluidic devices

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 5 2007
Accepted
28 6 2007
First published
10 7 2007

Lab Chip, 2007,7, 984-986

Surface-induced droplet fusion in microfluidic devices

L. M. Fidalgo, C. Abell and W. T. S. Huck, Lab Chip, 2007, 7, 984 DOI: 10.1039/B708091C

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