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Basic Technologies for Droplet Microfluidics

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In recent years droplet microfluidics has become a quickly evolving research field. The availability of a wide range of technologies for droplet generation and manipulation has enabled the applications of droplet microfluidics in a wide variety of fields, from single cell analysis to material synthesis. In this review we summarize the main technologies for droplet microfluidics and discuss the recent advances in technologies that enable droplets as microreactors with complete functions. Applications of microdroplets in chemical reactions, particle synthesis, and single cell analysis are also briefly reviewed.

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Abbreviations

PDMS:

Poly(dimethyl) siloxane

PCR:

Polymerase chain reaction

AC:

Alternating current

CE:

Capillary electrophoresis

HPLC:

High performance liquid chromatography

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by 973 program (No. 2007CB714505 and 2007CB714507), Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJCX2-YW-H18), and Instrument Research and Development Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (YZ200908).

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Zeng, S., Liu, X., Xie, H., Lin, B. (2011). Basic Technologies for Droplet Microfluidics. In: Lin, B. (eds) Microfluidics. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 304. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2011_149

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