Controlling molecular transport in minimal emulsions

Philipp Gruner; Birte Riechers; Benoît Semin; Jiseok Lim; Abigail Johnston; Kathleen Short; Jean-Christophe Baret

doi:10.1038/ncomms10392

Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Controlling molecular transport in minimal emulsions

Philipp Gruner,
Birte Riechers,
Benoît Semin,
Jiseok Lim,
Abigail Johnston,
Kathleen Short,
Jean-Christophe Baret

Affiliations

Philipp Gruner: Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces
Birte Riechers: Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces
Benoît Semin: Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces
Jiseok Lim: Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces
Abigail Johnston: Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces
Kathleen Short: Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces
Jean-Christophe Baret: Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Droplets, Membranes and Interfaces

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10392
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Emulsion droplets have many biotechnological applications, such as parallelized single cell analysis. Here, Gruner et al. introduce the concept of the minimal emulsions in a microfluidic device that allows full control of molecular transport between emulsion droplets.

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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