High-speed droplet generation on demand driven by pulse laser-induced cavitation.

Park, Sung-Yong; Wu, Ting-Hsiang; Chen, Yue; Teitell, Michael A; Chiou, Pei-Yu · Lab Chip · 2011

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We report on a pulse laser-driven droplet generation (PLDG) mechanism that enables on-demand droplet generation at rates up to 10,000 droplets per second in a single-layer PDMS-based microfluidic device. Injected droplet volumes can be continuously tuned between 1 pL and 150 pL with less than 1% volume variation.

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