Dynamic air/liquid pockets for guiding microscale flow

Xu Hou; Jianyu Li; Alexander B. Tesler; Yuxing Yao; Miao Wang; Lingli Min; Zhizhi Sheng; Joanna Aizenberg

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03194-z

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Dynamic air/liquid pockets for guiding microscale flow

Xu Hou,
Jianyu Li,
Alexander B. Tesler,
Yuxing Yao,
Miao Wang,
Lingli Min,
Zhizhi Sheng,
Joanna Aizenberg

Affiliations

Xu Hou: Research Institute for Soft Matter and Biomimetics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University
Jianyu Li: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
Alexander B. Tesler: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
Yuxing Yao: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Miao Wang: Research Institute for Soft Matter and Biomimetics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University
Lingli Min: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Xiamen University
Zhizhi Sheng: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Xiamen University
Joanna Aizenberg: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03194-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Fouling of solid surfaces is a problem when designing microchannel systems for applications such as bioassays and drug delivery. Here Hou et al. propose a way to overcome this issue by controlling fluid flow by means of an immiscible functional liquid partly infiltrated in a porous solid matrix.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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