Chemical and Biological Applications of Digital-Microfluidic Devices

@article{Fair2007ChemicalAB,
  title={Chemical and Biological Applications of Digital-Microfluidic Devices},
  author={Richard B. Fair and Andrey Y. Khlystov and Tina D. Tailor and Vladislav Ivanov and R. Evans and Vijay Srinivasan and Vamsee K. Pamula and Michael G. Pollack and Peter B. Griffin and Jack G. Zhou},
  journal={IEEE Design \& Test of Computers},
  year={2007},
  volume={24}
}
Digital-microfluidic lab-on-a chip (LoC) technology offers a platform for developing diagnostic applications with the advantages of portability, sample and reagent volume reduction, faster analysis, increased automation, low power consumption, compatibility with mass manufacturing, and high throughput. In addition to diagnostics, digital microfluidics is finding use in airborne chemical detection, DNA sequencing by synthesis, and tissue engineering. In this article, we review efforts to develop… 
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