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Droplet Merging on a Lab-on-a-Chip Platform by Uniform Magnetic Fields.


ABSTRACT: Droplet microfluidics offers a range of Lab-on-a-chip (LoC) applications. However, wireless and programmable manipulation of such droplets is a challenge. We address this challenge by experimental and modelling studies of uniform magnetic field induced merging of ferrofluid based droplets. Control of droplet velocity and merging was achieved through uniform magnetic field and flow rate ratio. Conditions for droplet merging with respect to droplet velocity were studied. Merging and mixing of colour dye?+?magnetite composite droplets was demonstrated. Our experimental and numerical results are in good agreement. These studies are useful for wireless and programmable droplet merging as well as mixing relevant to biosensing, bioassay, microfluidic-based synthesis, reaction kinetics, and magnetochemistry.

SUBMITTER: Varma VB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5124862 | biostudies-other | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Droplet Merging on a Lab-on-a-Chip Platform by Uniform Magnetic Fields.

Varma V B VB   Ray A A   Wang Z M ZM   Wang Z P ZP   Ramanujan R V RV  

Scientific reports 20161128


Droplet microfluidics offers a range of Lab-on-a-chip (LoC) applications. However, wireless and programmable manipulation of such droplets is a challenge. We address this challenge by experimental and modelling studies of uniform magnetic field induced merging of ferrofluid based droplets. Control of droplet velocity and merging was achieved through uniform magnetic field and flow rate ratio. Conditions for droplet merging with respect to droplet velocity were studied. Merging and mixing of colo  ...[more]

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