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Microfluidic Chips: Active Digital Microfluidic Paper Chips with Inkjet‐Printed Patterned Electrodes (Adv. Mater. 15/2014)
Author(s) -
Ko Hyojin,
Lee Jumi,
Kim Yongjun,
Lee Byeongno,
Jung ChanHee,
Choi JaeHak,
Kwon OhSun,
Shin Kwanwoo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201470096
Subject(s) - microfluidics , materials science , electrowetting , electrode , digital microfluidics , inkjet printing , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , inkwell , composite material , chemistry , dielectric
Active, paper‐based, microfluidic chips driven by electrowetting are fabricated and demonstrated for reagent transport and mixing by K. Shin, O.‐S. Kwon, and co‐workers on page 2335. The key advantage in fabricating the paper‐based microfluidic chips is that electrode patterns can be designed and printed on paper quickly, finely, and precisely without complicated wet‐lab processes. The cover image showes that the inkjet‐printed patterned electrodes can be employed to actuate liquid drops on paper, not only photo paper, but virtually any paper, such as recycled magazine paper.