Droplet microfluidics Export

@article{citeulike:2658116, abstract = {Droplet-based microfluidic systems have been shown to be compatible with many chemical and biological reagents and capable of performing a variety of "digital fluidic" operations that can be rendered programmable and reconfigurable. This platform has dimensional scaling benefits that have enabled controlled and rapid mixing of fluids in the droplet reactors, resulting in decreased reaction times. This, coupled with the precise generation and repeatability of droplet operations, has made the droplet-based microfluidic system a potent high throughput platform for biomedical research and applications. In addition to being used as microreactors ranging from the nano- to femtoliter range; droplet-based systems have also been used to directly synthesize particles and encapsulate many biological entities for biomedicine and biotechnology applications. This review will focus on the various droplet operations, as well as the numerous applications of the system. Due to advantages unique to droplet-based systems, this technology has the potential to provide novel solutions to today's biomedical engineering challenges for advanced diagnostics and therapeutics.}, address = {Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.}, author = {Teh, Shia-Yen and Lin, Robert and Hung, Lung-Hsin and Lee, Abraham P.}, citeulike-article-id = {2658116}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b715524g}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18231657}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18231657}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/article.asp?doi=b715524g}, doi = {10.1039/b715524g}, issn = {1473-0197}, journal = {Lab Chip}, keywords = {droplet, microfluidics}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {198--220}, posted-at = {2009-09-17 04:24:18}, priority = {2}, publisher = {The Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {Droplet microfluidics}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b715524g}, volume = {8}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2658116 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2658116 N2 - Droplet-based microfluidic systems have been shown to be compatible with many chemical and biological reagents and capable of performing a variety of "digital fluidic" operations that can be rendered programmable and reconfigurable. This platform has dimensional scaling benefits that have enabled controlled and rapid mixing of fluids in the droplet reactors, resulting in decreased reaction times. This, coupled with the precise generation and repeatability of droplet operations, has made the droplet-based microfluidic system a potent high throughput platform for biomedical research and applications. In addition to being used as microreactors ranging from the nano- to femtoliter range; droplet-based systems have also been used to directly synthesize particles and encapsulate many biological entities for biomedicine and biotechnology applications. This review will focus on the various droplet operations, as well as the numerous applications of the system. Due to advantages unique to droplet-based systems, this technology has the potential to provide novel solutions to today's biomedical engineering challenges for advanced diagnostics and therapeutics. IS - 2 JF - Lab Chip SN - 1473-0197 AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. EP - 220 TI - Droplet microfluidics PB - The Royal Society of Chemistry VL - 8 SP - 198 KW - droplet KW - microfluidics AU - Teh, Shia-Yen AU - Lin, Robert AU - Hung, Lung-Hsin AU - Lee, Abraham PY - 2008/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b715524g ER -