Digital Microfluidics Assisted Sealing of Individual Magnetic Particles in Femtoliter-Sized Reaction Wells for Single-Molecule Detection

Autor: Deborah, Decrop, Elena Pérez, Ruiz, Phalguni Tewari, Kumar, Lisa, Tripodi, Tadej, Kokalj, Jeroen, Lammertyn
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1547
ISSN: 1940-6029
Popis: Digital microfluidics has emerged in the last years as a promising liquid handling technology for a variety of applications. Here, we describe in detail how to build up an electrowetting-on-dielectric-based digital microfluidic chip with unique advantages for performing single-molecule detection. We illustrate how superparamagnetic particles can be printed with very high loading efficiency (over 98 %) and single-particle resolution in the microwell array patterned in the Teflon-AF
Databáze: OpenAIRE