Digital Microfluidics in Space
Digital microfluidics is a promising technology for integrating complex liquid handling on a small surface (lab on a chip). The possibility to move
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Research
Feedback Amplifier
Version 2.1 of the OpenDrop now features a feedback amplifier to detect droplet position and movement. The design is a simplified version of
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Wild OpenDrop – “biology and more”
Luis Ruben Soenksen, PhD student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is about to develop a wild OpenDrop V2.1. Luis is working on
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Queen Bittie
Welcome the first ever Daphnia zooplankton with a bitcoin wallet that will perform science experiments for you on the electro-wetting microfludic plate, Open
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Hydrophobic Coating and Foil Materials
To use printed circuit board technology (PCB) to produce the electrode array for electro wetting devices allows for low cost and easy reproducible
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Producing Electrodes with 4mil Process
Following the simulations of electrodes a smaller gap between the electrodes and a more important overlap should improve the performance of the device.
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PTFE and Silicon Oil
Mirela Alistar from BioFlux.eu demonstrates how to use PTFE (Teflon) foil by applying a film of silicon oil as hydrophobic layer for electro-wetting
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New Electrode Design
The OpenDrop version 1 and 2 used an electrode design that was a best guess on what was reasonable on printed circuit board
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PCB Foil-Frames
Just got the first samples of the new foil frames made from PCB material. They look great and I am looking forward to
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