An electro-coalescence chip for effective emulsion breaking in droplet microfluidics.

Chokkalingam, Venkatachalam; Ma, Yujie; Thiele, Julian; Schalk, Werner; Tel, Jurjen; Huck, Wilhelm T S · Lab Chip · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Droplet-based microfluidics is increasingly used for biological applications, where the recovery of cells or particles after an experiment or assay is desirable. Here, we present an electro-demulsification chip which circumvents the use of harsh chemicals and multiple washing/centrifugation steps and offers a mild way for extracting cells and polymer particles into an aqueous phase from microfluidic water-in-oil emulsions.

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