Hydrodynamic dispensing and electrical manipulation of attolitre droplets

Yanzhen Zhang; Benliang Zhu; Yonghong Liu; Gunther Wittstock

doi:10.1038/ncomms12424

Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Hydrodynamic dispensing and electrical manipulation of attolitre droplets

Yanzhen Zhang,
Benliang Zhu,
Yonghong Liu,
Gunther Wittstock

Affiliations

Yanzhen Zhang: Institute of Chemistry, Center of Interface Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Benliang Zhu: Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Equipment and Manufacturing, School of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, South China University of Technology
Yonghong Liu: Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, China University of Petroleum
Gunther Wittstock: Institute of Chemistry, Center of Interface Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12424
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Dispensing small droplets is essential to many ink printing, chemical and biological technologies, but the conventional orifice-based methods fail when the size of droplets approaches sub-micrometre range. Here, Zhang et al.show dispensing of viscous droplets down to attolitre in a controllable way.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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