Efficient extraction of oil from droplet microfluidic emulsions | Zendy

John Haliburton | Zendy; Samuel Kim | Zendy; Iain C. Clark | Zendy; Ralph A. Sperling | Zendy; David A. Weitz | Zendy; Adam R. Abate | Zendy

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Efficient extraction of oil from droplet microfluidic emulsions

Author(s) -

John Haliburton,

Samuel Kim,

Iain C. Clark,

Ralph A. Sperling,

David A. Weitz,

Adam R. Abate

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

biomicrofluidics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 63

ISSN - 1932-1058

DOI - 10.1063/1.4984035

Subject(s) - microfluidics , aperiodic graph , merge (version control) , template , nanotechnology , materials science , extractor , extraction (chemistry) , computer science , chromatography , chemistry , process engineering , parallel computing , engineering , mathematics , combinatorics

Droplet microfluidic techniques can perform large numbers of single molecule and cell reactions but often require controlled, periodic flow to merge, split, and sort droplets. Here, we describe a simple method to convert aperiodic flows into periodic ones. Using an oil extraction module, we efficiently remove oil from emulsions to readjust the droplet volume fraction, velocity, and packing, producing periodic flows. The extractor acts as a universal adaptor to connect microfluidic modules that do not operate under identical flow conditions, such as droplet generators, incubators, and merger devices.

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