On-demand electrostatic droplet charging and sorting |
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| Authors: | Ahn Byungwook Lee Kangsun Panchapakesan Rajagopal Oh Kwang W |
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| Institution: | SMALL (Sensors and MicroActuators Learning Lab), Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY-Buffalo), Buffalo, New York 14260, USA. |
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| Abstract: | This study reports a droplet-based microfluidic device for on-demand electrostatic droplet charging and sorting. This device combines two independent modules: one is a hydrodynamic flow focusing structure to generate water-in-oil droplets, and the other is the two paired-electrodes for charging and sorting of the droplets. Depending on the polarity on charging electrodes, water-in-oil droplets can be electrostatically charged positively or negatively, followed by automatic real-time electric sorting. This approach will be useful when preformed droplets, with a positive, a negative, or with no charge, need to be manipulated for further on-chip droplet manipulation. |
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