Enhanced and homogeneous oxygen availability during incubation of microfluidic droplets

201579 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Lisa Mahler · Bio Base Europe

Miguel Tovar · Bio Base Europe

Thomas Weber · Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI)

Susanne Brandes · Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Martin Rudolph · Bio Base Europe

Josef Ehgartner · Graz University of Technology

Torsten Mayr

Abstract

Up to now, droplets have been statically incubated, resulting in limited and inhomogeneous oxygenation affecting encapsulated cells. Dynamic droplet incubation is presented as a solution.

Topics & Keywords

Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: RSC Advances

Volume 5, Issue 123, pp. 101871-101878

DOI: 10.1039/c5ra20118g

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