@inproceedings{6625b196ff5f4c8a8e65a73cc29d1a02,
title = "Number controllable active microdroplet merging with wide range of volume for digital chemical synthesis",
abstract = "This paper presents microdroplet merging device which can actively control the number of merged microdroplets with a wide range of volume under various flow conditions. Independently generated two different droplets are trapped at pillar structure and its trapping time is controlled by horizontal pneumatic micro actuators. The droplet merging of multi-mode from no-merging to 4 droplets merging is successfully achieved with a simple single layer PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) device. The micro pneumatic actuators widen a range of applicable droplet size with deformed channel width, as well as switching the merging mode with trapping time control.",
keywords = "Chemical Synthesis, Horizontal Pneumatic Actuators, Merging, Microdroplet, Polydimethylsiloxane",
author = "Yoon, {D. H.} and S. Numakunai and J. Ito and T. Fukuda and T. Sekiguchi and S. Shoji",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627353",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781467359818",
series = "2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013",
pages = "2660--2663",
booktitle = "2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII",
note = "2013 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013 ; Conference date: 16-06-2013 Through 20-06-2013",
}