Optically Controlled Droplet Adhesion and Coalescence: A New and Versatile Microfluidic Technique

Sanhita Dixit; Gregory W. Faris

doi:10.1364/BIOMED.2008.BTuF59

Biomedical Optics
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2008),
paper BTuF59
•https://doi.org/10.1364/BIOMED.2008.BTuF59

Optically Controlled Droplet Adhesion and Coalescence: A New and Versatile Microfluidic Technique

Sanhita Dixit and Gregory W. Faris

Biomedical Optics 2008

St. Petersburg, Florida United States
16–19 March 2008
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Abstract

We report on a new technique to control nanoliter aqueous droplet adhesion and coalescence. The thermal Marangoni effect is used to drive droplet motion. Surface-active molecules are used to form adhering boundaries between drops.

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