Digital microfluidics

K Choi, AHC Ng, R Fobel… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is an emerging liquid-handling technology that enables
individual control over droplets on an open array of electrodes. These picoliter-to microliter …

Emerging applications of superhydrophilic‐superhydrophobic micropatterns

E Ueda, PA Levkin - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Water on superhydrophilic surfaces spreads or is absorbed very quickly, and exhibits water
contact angles close to zero. We encounter superhydrophilic materials in our daily life (eg …

Digital microfluidics for biological analysis and applications

X Xu, L Cai, S Liang, Q Zhang, S Lin, M Li, Q Yang… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is an emerging liquid-handling technology based on arrays of
microelectrodes for the precise manipulation of discrete droplets. DMF offers the benefits of …

DropletMicroarray: facile formation of arrays of microdroplets and hydrogel micropads for cell screening applications

E Ueda, FL Geyer, V Nedashkivska, PA Levkin - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We describe a one-step method for creating thousands of isolated pico-to microliter-sized
droplets with defined geometry and volume. Arrays of droplets are instantly formed as liquid …

Digital microfluidic immunocytochemistry in single cells

AHC Ng, MD Chamberlain, H Situ, V Lee… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
We report a new technique called Digital microfluidic Immunocytochemistry in Single Cells
(DISC). DISC automates protocols for cell culture, stimulation and immunocytochemistry …

Advances in triboelectric nanogenerator powered electrowetting-on-dielectric devices: Mechanism, structures, and applications

J Tan, S Sun, D Jiang, M Xu, X Chen, Y Song, ZL Wang - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) phenomenon is widely employed for liquid
actuation at the micro scale. Due to its simple structure, low cost, low power consumption …

EWOD microfluidic systems for biomedical applications

HH Shen, SK Fan, CJ Kim, DJ Yao - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2014 - Springer
As the technology advances, a growing number of biomedical microelectromechanical
systems (bio-MEMS) research involves development of lab-on-a-chip devices and micrototal …

[HTML][HTML] Full range magnetic manipulation of droplets via surface energy traps enables complex bioassays

Y Zhang, TH Wang - Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Implementing complex bioanalytical assays on fully integrated and scalable lab-on-a-chip
(LOC) devices has great potential in key biomedical applications such as point-of-care …

Rapid and sensitive detection of antibiotic resistance on a programmable digital microfluidic platform

S Kalsi, M Valiadi, MN Tsaloglou, L Parry-Jones… - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The widespread dissemination of CTX-M extended spectrum β-lactamases among
Escherichia coli bacteria, both in nosocomial and community environments, is a challenge …

[PDF][PDF] Fundamentals and applications of electrowetting

YP Zhao, Y Wang - Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives, 2013 - scholar.archive.org
We have witnessed rapid and exciting development in electrowetting (EW) or electrowetting-
on-dielectric (EWOD) since 1990s. Owing to its great advantages such as easy operation …