Digital microfluidics is a promising technology for integrating complex liquid handling on a small surface (lab on a chip). The possibility to move droplets of liquid without the need of pumps or valves allows for compact and light weight, yet fully automated and computer controlled designs.  A possible application could be experiments in space missions.

Featured Image: Space module by Aerospace Biomedical Science and Technology, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Test with running droplets vertically on the OpenDrop:

 

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INTEGRATING OPTOELECTRONIC TWEEZERS FOR INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE MANIPULATION WITH DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICSUSING ELECTROWETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC (EWOD)