TY - JOUR
T1 - Simple and inexpensive microfluidic devices for the generation of monodisperse multiple emulsions
AU - Li, Erqiang
AU - Zhang, Jiaming
AU - Thoroddsen, Sigurdur T
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: EQL is grateful for a SABIC Postdoctoral Fellowship.
PY - 2013/12/16
Y1 - 2013/12/16
N2 - Droplet-based microfluidic devices have become a preferred versatile platform for various fields in physics, chemistry and biology. Polydimethylsiloxane soft lithography, the mainstay for fabricating microfluidic devices, usually requires the usage of expensive apparatus and a complex manufacturing procedure. Here, we report the design and fabrication of simple and inexpensive microfluidic devices based on microscope glass slides and pulled glass capillaries, for generating monodisperse multiple emulsions. The advantages of our method lie in a simple manufacturing procedure, inexpensive processing equipment and flexibility in the surface modification of the designed microfluidic devices. Different types of devices have been designed and tested and the experimental results demonstrated their robustness for preparing monodisperse single, double, triple and multi-component emulsions. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd.
AB - Droplet-based microfluidic devices have become a preferred versatile platform for various fields in physics, chemistry and biology. Polydimethylsiloxane soft lithography, the mainstay for fabricating microfluidic devices, usually requires the usage of expensive apparatus and a complex manufacturing procedure. Here, we report the design and fabrication of simple and inexpensive microfluidic devices based on microscope glass slides and pulled glass capillaries, for generating monodisperse multiple emulsions. The advantages of our method lie in a simple manufacturing procedure, inexpensive processing equipment and flexibility in the surface modification of the designed microfluidic devices. Different types of devices have been designed and tested and the experimental results demonstrated their robustness for preparing monodisperse single, double, triple and multi-component emulsions. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563148
UR - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0960-1317/24/1/015019
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U2 - 10.1088/0960-1317/24/1/015019
DO - 10.1088/0960-1317/24/1/015019
M3 - Article
SN - 0960-1317
VL - 24
SP - 015019
JO - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
JF - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
IS - 1
ER -