A 3D-Printed Standardized Modular Microfluidic System for Droplet Generation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Fabrication of Droplet Generation Modules
2.2. Materials for Droplet Generation
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Generation of Single Droplets
3.2. UV Curing of Single Droplets
3.3. Generation of Alternating Droplets and Merged Droplets
3.4. Generation of Janus Particles
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Chen, J.; Huang, S.; Long, Y.; Wang, K.; Guan, Y.; Hou, L.; Dai, B.; Zhuang, S.; Zhang, D. A 3D-Printed Standardized Modular Microfluidic System for Droplet Generation. Biosensors 2022, 12, 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12121085
Chen J, Huang S, Long Y, Wang K, Guan Y, Hou L, Dai B, Zhuang S, Zhang D. A 3D-Printed Standardized Modular Microfluidic System for Droplet Generation. Biosensors. 2022; 12(12):1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12121085
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Junyi, Shaoqi Huang, Yan Long, Kan Wang, Yangtai Guan, Lianping Hou, Bo Dai, Songlin Zhuang, and Dawei Zhang. 2022. "A 3D-Printed Standardized Modular Microfluidic System for Droplet Generation" Biosensors 12, no. 12: 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12121085