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Method and apparatus for controlling cross contamination of microfluid channels

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OSTI ID:908601
A method for controlling fluid flow at junctions in microchannel systems. Control of fluid flow is accomplished generally by providing increased resistance to electric-field and pressure-driven flow in the form of regions of reduced effective cross-sectional area within the microchannels and proximate a channel junction. By controlling these flows in the region of a microchannel junction it is possible to eliminate sample dispersion and cross contamination and inject well-defined volumes of fluid from one channel to another.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA
Sponsoring Organization:
United States Department of Energy
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
6,994,826
Application Number:
09/669,862
OSTI ID:
908601
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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