title: The microfluidic puzzle: chip-oriented rapid prototyping.
abstract: We demonstrate a new concept for reconfigurable microfluidic devices from elementary functional units. Our approach suppresses the need for patterning, soft molding and bonding when details on a chip have to be modified. Our system has two parts, a base-platform used as a scaffold and functional modules which are combined by 'plug-and-play'. To demonstrate that our system sustains typical pressures in microfluidic experiments, we produce droplets of different sizes using T-junction modules with three different designs assembled successively on a 3 × 3 modular scaffold.
authors.affiliation: Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces, MPI for Dynamics and Self-organization, Am Fassberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. jean-christophe.baret@ds.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Jiseok
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Florine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Taly
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Baret
mesh_terms: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D004867:Equipment Design; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009821:Oils / Q000737:chemistry; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D009821:Oils; D014867:Water; C013830:baysilon; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate