Microfluidic free interface diffusion techniques
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May 9, 2017
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Apr 25, 2014
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A static fluid and a second fluid are placed into contact along a microfluidic free interface and allowed to mix by diffusion without convective flow across the interface. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the fluids are static and initially positioned on either side of a closed valve structure in a microfluidic channel having a width that is tightly constrained in at least one dimension. The valve is then opened, and no-slip layers at the sides of the microfluidic channel suppress convective mixing between the two fluids along the resulting interface. Applications for microfluidic free interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to, protein crystallization studies, protein solubility studies, determination of properties of fluidics systems, and a variety of biological assays such as diffusive immunoassays, substrate turnover assays, and competitive binding assays.
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- F16K:VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR....
- B01L:CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENE....
- F04B:POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- B81B:MICRO-STRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICRO-ME....
- C30B:SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH
- B01F:MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
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