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Title: Chip-based droplet sorting

Abstract

A non-contact system for sorting monodisperse water-in-oil emulsion droplets in a microfluidic device based on the droplet's contents and their interaction with an applied electromagnetic field or by identification and sorting.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1136634
Patent Number(s):
8765455
Application Number:
13/014,792
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12Q - MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Beer, Neil Reginald, Lee, Abraham, and Hatch, Andrew. Chip-based droplet sorting. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Beer, Neil Reginald, Lee, Abraham, & Hatch, Andrew. Chip-based droplet sorting. United States.
Beer, Neil Reginald, Lee, Abraham, and Hatch, Andrew. Tue . "Chip-based droplet sorting". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1136634.
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