Selective Liquid Droplet Transfer Using Injected Bubbles.

Autor: Tan, Jue Nee, Ling, William Yeong Liang, Neild, Adrian
Zdroj: Applied Physics Express; Jul2013, Vol. 6 Issue 7, p1-1, 1p
Abstrakt: The ability to control liquid transfer is of fundamental interest in droplet-based microfluidics. Here, we present a method that allows the selective transfer of fluid by means of a gas bubble injected into a liquid droplet. Two mechanisms were studied, one being liquid transfer through the detachment of a liquid bridge, which results in transfer of over 90% of the droplet between substrates in a single step. The other mechanism is liquid transfer via jetting at the moment of bubble rupture; in this case, a smaller daughter droplet is created on the recipient substrate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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