On-demand droplet release
A 1064 nm laser generates microbubbles on an ITO layer to selectively eject a droplet from a static droplet array, which is then automatically wicked into a pipette tip by capillary force for one-droplet-one-tube dispensing.
Zhidian, Diao · Wang, Xixian · Zhang, Jiaping · Xu, Teng · Kan, Lingyan · Li, Yuandong · Ji, Yuetong · Jing, Xiaoyan · Xu, Jian · Ma, Bo
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2023
9 out of 6400 droplets were successfully released
only ~5% of the droplet volume remains in the chamber