Efficient On-Demand Compound Droplet Formation: From Microfluidics to Microdroplets as Miniaturized Laboratories
Wei Wang
School of Chemical and Biomedical & Center for Advanced Bionanosystems Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore)
Search for more papers by this authorChun Yang
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore)
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Chang Ming Li
School of Chemical and Biomedical & Center for Advanced Bionanosystems Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore)
School of Chemical and Biomedical & Center for Advanced Bionanosystems Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore).Search for more papers by this authorWei Wang
School of Chemical and Biomedical & Center for Advanced Bionanosystems Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore)
Search for more papers by this authorChun Yang
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore)
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Chang Ming Li
School of Chemical and Biomedical & Center for Advanced Bionanosystems Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore)
School of Chemical and Biomedical & Center for Advanced Bionanosystems Nanyang Technological University 637 457 (Singapore).Search for more papers by this authorGraphical Abstract
Microdroplets are naturally well-defined reactors for performing reactions on the microscale. An innovative technique is presented to achieve one-step compound droplet formation in a microfluidic-channel structure. The image shows a droplet in the formation process and a droplet flowing downstream of the channel with mixing/reaction occurring inside it. Red and green colors denote different regents.
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