Synchronized reinjection and coalescence of droplets in microfluidics
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Synchronized reinjection and coalescence of droplets in microfluidics.
Coalescence of two kinds of pre-processed droplets is necessary to perform chemical and biological assays in droplet-based microfluidics. However, a robust technique to accomplish this does not exist. Here we present a microfluidic device to synchronize the reinjection of two different kinds of droplets and coalesce them, using hydrostatic pressure in conjunction with a conventional syringe pum...
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عنوان ژورنال: Lab Chip
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1473-0197,1473-0189
DOI: 10.1039/c3lc51214b