Offer no. 3/18
Microfluidic device for monodisperse droplets production
- Summary:
The invention describes geometry of the microfluidic device for production of monodisperse micrometer-sized emulsions. Presented device splits a sample into a library of monodisperse droplets of one liquid in another, immiscible liquid. Device produces aqueous droplets in fluorinated oil containing surfactant, 30-100 nL in volume, coefficient of variation<5%. Other droplets can be produced using microfluidic devices based on proposed invention.
- Inventors:
Adam Opalski, Karol Makuch, Yu-Kai Lai, Piotr Garstecki
- Advantages / Innovative aspects:
Presented invention outperforms solutions found in literature as it offers:
- higher throughput of droplet production
- wider flowrate rate range for which the produced droplets are still monodisperse
- Keywords:
monodisperse emulsion, droplet, microfluidic device, high throughput emulsion production
- Field:
- Usage:
- encapsulation of biologically active ingredients
- monodisperse gel particles production
- production of nanoparticles
- culturing microorganisms in droplet
- in vitro drug screening
- State of the progress:
stage of research stage of development stage of prototype
- Intellectual property rights:
Patent application in Poland
