title: An electro-coalescence chip for effective emulsion breaking in droplet microfluidics.
abstract: Droplet-based microfluidics is increasingly used for biological applications, where the recovery of cells or particles after an experiment or assay is desirable. Here, we present an electro-demulsification chip which circumvents the use of harsh chemicals and multiple washing/centrifugation steps and offers a mild way for extracting cells and polymer particles into an aqueous phase from microfluidic water-in-oil emulsions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecules and Materials, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands. w.huck@science.ru.nl.
authors.forename: Venkatachalam
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chokkalingam
authors.forename: Yujie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thiele
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schalk
authors.forename: Jurjen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tel
authors.forename: Wilhelm T S
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Huck
mesh_terms: D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004655:Emulsions / Q000737:chemistry*; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions