ArticleAdvanced materials interfaces2023
Interfacial tension driven open droplet microfluidics.
Article in Advanced materials interfaces, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Corona-Driven Microdroplet Coalescence on an Open Oil Film with Intelligent Detection and Tracking.Micromachines · 2026Article
- Optical Tweezers in Emulsion Research: Principles, Advances, and Prospects.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Review
- Regulation of Liquid Self-Transport Through Architectural-Thermal Coupling: Transitioning From Free Surfaces to Open Channels.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Open-Channel Droplet Microfluidic Platform for Passive Generation of Human Sperm Microdroplets.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2025Article
- Pump-Free Microfluidics for Cell Concentration Analysis on Smartphones in Clinical Settings (SmartFlow): Design, Development, and Evaluation.JMIR biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- Open-Channel Droplet Microfluidic Platform for Passive Generation of Human Sperm Microdroplets.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Open microfluidics: droplet microarrays as next generation multiwell plates for high throughput screening.Lab on a chip · 2024Review
- Droplet-Based Microfluidics: Applications in Pharmaceuticals.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Miniaturizing chemistry and biology using droplets in open systems.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2023Review
- Mechanism of Reduced Glutathione Induced Lysozyme Defolding and Molecular Self-Assembly.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Droplet microfluidics enables compartmentalized reactions in small scales and has been utilized for a variety of applications across chemical analysis, material science, and biology. While droplet microfluidics is a successful technology, barriers include high "activation energy" to develop custom applications and complex peripheral equipment. These barriers limit the adoption of droplet microfluidics in labs or prototyping environments. We demonstrate for the first time an open channel droplet microfluidic system that autonomously generates droplets at low Capillary numbers. Hundreds of droplets are produced in a run using only an open channel, pipettes, and a commercially available carrier fluid. Conceptual applications that showcase the process of droplet generation, splitting, transport, incubation, mixing, and sorting are demonstrated. The open nature of the device enables the use of physical tools such as tweezers and styli to directly access the system; with this, a new method of droplet sorting and transfer unique to open systems is demonstrated. This platform offers enhanced usability, direct access to the droplet contents, easy manufacturability, compact footprint, and high customizability. This design is a first step in exploring the space of power-free open droplet microfluidic systems and provides design rules for similar channel designs.
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