A double droplet trap system for studying mass transport across a droplet-droplet interface

被引:114
作者
Bai, Yunpeng [1 ]
He, Ximin [1 ]
Liu, Dingsheng [1 ]
Patil, Santoshkumar N.
Bratton, Dan [1 ]
Huebner, Ansgar [2 ]
Hollfelder, Florian [2 ]
Abell, Chris
Huck, Wilhelm T. S. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Melville Lab Polymer Synth, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Biochem, Cambridge CB2 1GA, England
[3] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Mol & Mat, NL-6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE; SINGLE CELLS; MICRODROPLETS; SURFACTANTS; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANES; BEHAVIOR; FUSION; ASSAYS;
D O I
10.1039/b925133b
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Here we present the design, fabrication and operation of a microfluidic device to trap droplets in a large array of droplet pairs in a controlled manner with the aim of studying the transport of small molecules across the resultant surfactant bilayers formed between the droplet pairs.
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页码:1281 / 1285
页数:5
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