A review of digital microfluidics as portable platforms for lab-on a-chip applications

E Samiei, M Tabrizian, M Hoorfar - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Following the development of microfluidic systems, there has been a high tendency towards
developing lab-on-a-chip devices for biochemical applications. A great deal of effort has …

Digital microfluidics

K Choi, AHC Ng, R Fobel… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is an emerging liquid-handling technology that enables
individual control over droplets on an open array of electrodes. These picoliter-to microliter …

Digital microfluidics: a versatile tool for applications in chemistry, biology and medicine

MJ Jebrail, MS Bartsch, KD Patel - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Digital microfluidics (DMF) has recently emerged as a popular technology for a wide range
of applications. In DMF, nanoliter to microliter droplets containing samples and reagents can …

DropBot: An open-source digital microfluidic control system with precise control of electrostatic driving force and instantaneous drop velocity measurement

R Fobel, C Fobel, AR Wheeler - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We introduce DropBot: an open-source instrument for digital microfluidics
(http://microfluidics. utoronto. ca/dropbot). DropBot features two key functionalities for digital …

Droplet morphometry and velocimetry (DMV): a video processing software for time-resolved, label-free tracking of droplet parameters

AS Basu - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Emerging assays in droplet microfluidics require the measurement of parameters such as
drop size, velocity, trajectory, shape deformation, fluorescence intensity, and others. While …

Digital microfluidic magnetic separation for particle-based immunoassays

AHC Ng, K Choi, RP Luoma, JM Robinson… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We introduce a new format for particle-based immunoassays relying on digital microfluidics
(DMF) and magnetic forces to separate and resuspend antibody-coated paramagnetic …

Directional droplet transport on functional surfaces with superwettabilities

P Lv, YL Zhang, DD Han, HB Sun - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Directional droplet transport on smart surfaces with superwettabilities arouse extensive
attentions from both the scientific community and industry due to the exciting applications in …

Combining sensors and actuators with electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD): advanced digital microfluidic systems for biomedical applications

Z Tong, C Shen, Q Li, H Yin, H Mao - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of digital microfluidics (DMF) enables highly flexible and precise droplet
manipulation at a picoliter scale, making DMF a promising approach to realize integrated …

Digital microfluidics with impedance sensing for integrated cell culture andanalysis

SCC Shih, I Barbulovic-Nad, X Yang, R Fobel… - Biosensors and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We report the first digital microfluidic (DMF) system capable of impedance sensing of
mammalian cells. The new system was validated in three assays: calibration, proliferation …

Dried blood spot analysis by digital microfluidics coupled to nanoelectrospray ionization mass spectrometry

SCC Shih, H Yang, MJ Jebrail, R Fobel… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Dried blood spot (DBS) samples on filter paper are surging in popularity as a sampling and
storage vehicle for a wide range of clinical and pharmaceutical applications. For example, a …