Droplet mixing using electrically tunable superhydrophobic nanostructured surfaces

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-140

  Wang, Evelyn N ^a,b   Bucaro, Michael A ^a   Taylor, J Ashley ^a,c   Kolodner, Paul ^a   Aizenberg, Joanna ^a,d   Krupenkin, Tom ^a,c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA hybridization; Droplet mixing; Nanostructures; Tunable superhydrophobic surface

Indexed keywords

DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DROPLET MIXING; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; FLUID MOTIONS; HYBRIDIZATION REACTIONS; MICROLITER; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; NON-WETTING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PASSIVE DIFFUSIONS; SINGLE DROPLET; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; TUNABLE SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACE;

DNA; GENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MIXING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 67649406177     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0364-7     Document Type: Article

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