Rotational microfluidic motor for on-chip microcentrifugation

Drop on demand in a microfluidic chip

In this work, we introduce the novel technique of in-chip drop on demand, which consists in dispensing picoliter to nanoliter drops on demand directly in the liquid-filled channels of a polymer microfluidic chip, at frequencies up to 2.5 kHz and with precise volume control. The technique involves a PDMS chip with one or several microliter-size chambers driven by piezoelectric actuators. Individ...

Molecular biology on a microfluidic chip

We have developed microfluidic chips for automating molecular biology processes such as gene ligation and gene transformation from nanolitre sample volumes with parallel architecture. Unlike conventional tube methods with cumbersome pipetting procedures, all processes, including metering of samples, ligation and transformation, were carried out in the microfluidic chips through pneumatic contro...

Vacuum membrane distillation on a microfluidic chip.

A multilayered microfluidic chip used for vacuum membrane distillation is designed, fabricated and tested by rectification of a water-methanol mixture.

Antibody analysis by microfluidic on a chip

Digital Ionic Circuits on a Microfluidic Chip

A sophisticatedly designed polyelectrolyte diode was fabricated on a microchip and exhibited well-defined nonlinear rectifying behavior. Multiple polyelectrolyte diodes were integrated on a microchip to produce a variety of logic gates based on ionic circuits. By employing a fluorescent dye, the polyelectrolyte micro plugs also acted as optical indicators displaying the input signals applied to...