GB2495182B - Method for splitting droplets in microfluidic junction and system for splitting droplets in microfluidic juction - Google Patents

Method for splitting droplets in microfluidic junction and system for splitting droplets in microfluidic juction

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GB2495182B
GB2495182B GB1215443.1A GB201215443A GB2495182B GB 2495182 B GB2495182 B GB 2495182B GB 201215443 A GB201215443 A GB 201215443A GB 2495182 B GB2495182 B GB 2495182B
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microfluidic
splitting droplets
juction
splitting
droplets
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Tomasz Kaminski
Piotr Garstecki
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Instytut Chemii Fizycznej of PAN
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    • B01F33/3011Micromixers using specific means for arranging the streams to be mixed, e.g. channel geometries or dispositions using a sheathing stream of a fluid surrounding a central stream of a different fluid, e.g. for reducing the cross-section of the central stream or to produce droplets from the central stream
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    • B01L3/5027Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures by integrated microfluidic structures, i.e. dimensions of channels and chambers are such that surface tension forces are important, e.g. lab-on-a-chip
    • B01L3/502769Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures by integrated microfluidic structures, i.e. dimensions of channels and chambers are such that surface tension forces are important, e.g. lab-on-a-chip characterised by multiphase flow arrangements
    • B01L3/502784Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures by integrated microfluidic structures, i.e. dimensions of channels and chambers are such that surface tension forces are important, e.g. lab-on-a-chip characterised by multiphase flow arrangements specially adapted for droplet or plug flow, e.g. digital microfluidics
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    • B01L2200/0673Handling of plugs of fluid surrounded by immiscible fluid
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GB1215443.1A 2011-09-30 2012-08-30 Method for splitting droplets in microfluidic junction and system for splitting droplets in microfluidic juction Expired - Fee Related GB2495182B (en)

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PL396493A PL229042B1 (en) 2011-09-30 2011-09-30 Method for sharing drops in a microflow connector and a system to share drops in a microflow connector

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GB2395196A (en) * 2002-11-14 2004-05-19 Univ Cardiff Microfluidic device
DE10339452A1 (en) * 2003-08-22 2005-03-17 Institut für Physikalische Hochtechnologie e.V. Equipment for microtechnological structuring of fluids used in analytical or combinatorial biology or chemistry, has dosing, splitting and fusion devices in fluid pathway
US20110114190A1 (en) * 2009-11-16 2011-05-19 The Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology Microfluidic droplet generation and/or manipulation with electrorheological fluid
WO2012109138A1 (en) * 2011-02-07 2012-08-16 President And Fellows Of Harvard College Systems and methods for splitting droplets

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