Journal
MICROMACHINES
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi11121067
Keywords
digital microfluidics (DMF); electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD); splicing gap; slippery liquid infused porous surface (SLIPS); polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
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Funding
- Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [2020A1515010420]
- Key Research Platforms and Research Projects in Universities and Colleges of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education [2018KQNCX334]
- Zhongshan Innovative Research Team Program [180809162197886]
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology [2017B030301007]
- Project for Innovation Team of Guangdong University [2018KCXTD033]
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As a laboratory-on-a-chip application tool, digital microfluidics (DMF) technology is widely used in DNA-based applications, clinical diagnosis, chemical synthesis, and other fields. Additional components (such as heaters, centrifuges, mixers, etc.) are required in practical applications on DMF devices. In this paper, a DMF chip interconnection method based on electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) was proposed. An open modified slippery liquid-infused porous surface (SLIPS) membrane was used as the dielectric-hydrophobic layer material, which consisted of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane and silicone oil. Indium tin oxide (ITO) glass was used to manufacture the DMF chip. In order to test the relationship between the splicing gap and droplet moving, the effect of the different electrodes on/off time on the minimum driving voltage when the droplet crossed a splicing gap was investigated. Then, the effects of splicing gaps of different widths, splicing heights, and electrode misalignments were investigated, respectively. The experimental results showed that a driving voltage of 119 V was required for a droplet to cross a splicing gap width of 300 mu m when the droplet volume was 10 mu L and the electrode on/off time was 600 ms. At the same time, the droplet could climb a height difference of 150 mu m with 145 V, and 141 V was required when the electrode misalignment was 1000 mu m. Finally, the minimum voltage was not obviously changed, when the same volume droplet with different aqueous solutions crossed the splicing gap, and the droplet could cross different chip types. These splicing solutions show high potential for simultaneous detection of multiple components in human body fluids.
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