Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Microfluidics with fluid walls

  • Edmond J. Walsh,
  • Alexander Feuerborn,
  • James H. R. Wheeler,
  • Ann Na Tan,
  • William M. Durham,
  • Kevin R. Foster,
  • Peter R. Cook

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00846-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The complexity of fabricating and operating microfluidic devices limits their use. Walsh et al. describe a method in which circuits are printed as quickly and simply as writing with a pen, and liquids in them are confined by fluid instead of solid walls.