Systems and methods for providing microfluidic devices
AssigneeThe Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
InventorsHong Chen, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, Mohammed Faghri, Jeremy Cogswell
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Abstract
A microfluidic valve system is disclosed that includes a matrix, a hydrophilic acceptor region a hydrophilic transfer region, and a hydrophobic gap between the acceptor region and the transfer region.
Claims25
A method of making a microfluidic valve on a matrix, comprising the hydrophilic acceptor region and a hydrophilic transfer region, said method comprising the step of containing a transfer agent separated by a hydrophobic gap, wherein a transfer agent is deposited on hydrophilic transfer region, and the step of adding a fluid to the hydrophilic transfer region that solubilizes the transfer agent and allows the fluid to move across the hydrophobic gap to the hydrophilic acceptor region.
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