Formation of Arrayed Droplets by Soft Lithography and Two‐Phase Fluid Flow, and Application in Protein Crystallization
- 4 August 2004
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 16 (15) , 1365-1368
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200400590
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of our recent work on the use of soft lithography and two‐phase fluid flow to form arrays of droplets. The crucial issues in the formation of stable arrays of droplets and alternating droplets of two sets of aqueous solutions include the geometry of the microchannels, the capillary number, and the water fraction of the system. Glass capillaries could be coupled to the PDMS microchannels and droplets could be transferred into glass capillaries for long‐term storage. The arrays of droplets have been applied to screen the conditions for protein crystallization with microbatch and vapor diffusion techniques.Keywords
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