Electrowetting: from basics to applications

F Mugele, JC Baret - Journal of physics: condensed matter, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrowetting has become one of the most widely used tools for manipulating tiny amounts
of liquids on surfaces. Applications range from'lab-on-a-chip'devices to adjustable lenses …

Controlled microfluidic interfaces

J Atencia, DJ Beebe - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
The microfabrication technologies of the semiconductor industry have made it possible to
integrate increasingly complex electronic and mechanical functions, providing us with ever …

Selective encapsulation of single cells and subcellular organelles into picoliter-and femtoliter-volume droplets

M He, JS Edgar, GDM Jeffries, RM Lorenz… - Analytical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
This paper describes a method, which combines optical trapping and microfluidic-based
droplet generation, for selectively and controllably encapsulating a single target cell or …

Droplet control for microfluidics

M Joanicot, A Ajdari - Science, 2005 - science.org
887 effect on senescence. Moreover, telomere erosion was not apparent, suggesting that
some cells senesce by telomere-and p16-independent mechanisms. One possible …

High-temperature microfluidic synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals in nanoliter droplets

EM Chan, AP Alivisatos, RA Mathies - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The high-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals in nanoliter-volume droplets flowing
in a perfluorinated carrier fluid through a microfabricated reactor is presented. A flow …

Controlled formulation of monodisperse double emulsions in a multiple-phase microfluidic system

T Nisisako, S Okushima, T Torii - Soft Matter, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper gives an overview of our recent work on the use of microfluidic devices to
formulate double emulsions. Key issues in the controlled encapsulation of highly …

Controlling nonspecific protein adsorption in a plug-based microfluidic system by controlling interfacial chemistry using fluorous-phase surfactants

LS Roach, H Song, RF Ismagilov - Analytical chemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
Control of surface chemistry and protein adsorption is important for using microfluidic
devices for biochemical analysis and high-throughput screening assays. This paper …

Droplet fusion by alternating current (AC) field electrocoalescence in microchannels

M Chabert, KD Dorfman, JL Viovy - Electrophoresis, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We present a system for the electrocoalescence of microfluidic droplets immersed in an
immiscible solvent, where the undeformed droplet diameters are comparable to the channel …

Single-molecule fluorescence detection in microfluidic channels—the Holy Grail in μTAS?

PS Dittrich, A Manz - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2005 - Springer
Both single-molecule detection (SMD) methods and miniaturization technologies have
developed very rapidly over the last ten years. By merging these two techniques, it may be …

[PDF][PDF] Formation of bubbles and droplets in microfluidic systems

P Garstecki, AM Gańán-Calvo… - Bulletin of the Polish …, 2005 - psjd.icm.edu.pl
This mini-review reports the recent advances in the hydrodynamic techniques for formation
of bubbles of gas in liquid in microfluidic systems. Systems comprising ducts that have …