Shaking Device for Homogeneous Dispersion of Magnetic Beads in Droplet Microfluidics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Microfabrication of the Shaking Device
2.2. Syringes and Tubes for Liquid Storage
2.3. Reagent Preparation
2.4. Microfluidic Device Fabrication
2.5. Optical Setup for the Characterization and Validation of the Shaking Device
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Sedimentation of Beads in the Tube
3.2. Encaspulation of Beads within Droplets and Droplet Size Distribution
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Poles, M.; Meggiolaro, A.; Cremaschini, S.; Marinello, F.; Filippi, D.; Pierno, M.; Mistura, G.; Ferraro, D. Shaking Device for Homogeneous Dispersion of Magnetic Beads in Droplet Microfluidics. Sensors 2023, 23, 5399. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125399
Poles M, Meggiolaro A, Cremaschini S, Marinello F, Filippi D, Pierno M, Mistura G, Ferraro D. Shaking Device for Homogeneous Dispersion of Magnetic Beads in Droplet Microfluidics. Sensors. 2023; 23(12):5399. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125399
Chicago/Turabian StylePoles, Maria, Alessio Meggiolaro, Sebastian Cremaschini, Filippo Marinello, Daniele Filippi, Matteo Pierno, Giampaolo Mistura, and Davide Ferraro. 2023. "Shaking Device for Homogeneous Dispersion of Magnetic Beads in Droplet Microfluidics" Sensors 23, no. 12: 5399. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125399