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The Potential Impact of Droplet Microfluidics in Biology

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Droplet microfluidics, which involves micrometer-sized emulsion droplets on a microfabricated platform, is an active research endeavor that evolved out of the larger field of microfluidics. Recently, this subfield of microfluidics has started to attract greater interest because researchers have been able to demonstrate applications of droplets as miniaturized laboratories for biological measurements. This perspective explores the recent developments and the potential future biological applications of droplet microfluidics.

Source: Analytical Chemistry

DOI: 10.1021/ac400257c

Authors: Thomas Schneider, Jason Kreutz, Daniel T. Chiu

Institution: University of Washington

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Awards: G159068579, Sample self digitization for digital and real-time PCR