title: Split and flow: reconfigurable capillary connection for digital microfluidic devices.
abstract: Supplying liquid to droplet-based microfluidic microsystems remains a delicate task facing the problems of coupling continuous to digital or macro- to microfluidic systems. Here, we take advantage of superhydrophobic microgrids to address this problem. Insertion of a capillary tube inside a microgrid aperture leads to a simple and reconfigurable droplet generation setup.
authors: Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), UMR CNRS 8520, University Lille 1, F-59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. vincent.thomy@iemn.univ-lille1.fr.
authors: Florian
authors: F
authors: Lapierre
authors: Maxime
authors: M
authors: Harnois
authors: Yannick
authors: Y
authors: Coffinier
authors: Rabah
authors: R
authors: Boukherroub
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Thomy
mesh_terms: D002197:Capillary Action; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods