Electrochemical wettability switches gate aqueous liquids in microfluidic systems

L. Robinson, Anders Hentzell, Nathaniel D. Robinson, Joakim Isaksson, Magnus Berggren

Lab on a Chip · 2006 · 30 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

We demonstrate a simple low-voltage technique for gating the flow of aqueous liquids in microfluidic systems employing the electrochemically-controlled surface energy of the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene).

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