Photolysis-driven merging of microdroplets in microfluidic chambers.

Dunkel, Petra; Hayat, Zain; Barosi, Anna; Bchellaoui, Nizar; Dhimane, Hamid; Dalko, Peter I; El Abed, Abdel I · Lab Chip · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Photolysis of microdroplets, stabilized by aminoquinoline-derived photosensitive surfactants composed of polyethyleneglycol/perfluorinated polyether (PEG/PFPE) diblock amphiphiles by using 355 nm ps pulsed laser light, resulted in rapid controlled coalescence of targeted microdroplets offering the prospect of a novel type of droplet merging with high stereospatial integrity for microfluidic systems.